GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 20/09/2017
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9768
3. Observer : Dipanjan Mitra, Rahul Basu
4. Observer's Email : dmitra@ncra.tifr.res.in, rahul@astro.ia.uz.zgora.pl
5. Project Name : Long term monitoring of the longest period pulsar J2144-3933.
6. Project Code : 32_076
7. Operator(s) : Deepak, Nilesh, Rupsing, Shilpa
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/32_076/19sep17/32_076_cmd.txt
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata/19sep/32_076_19sep2017.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/32_076.FLAGS.3, /odisk/online1/logflags/32_071.FLAGS.15

ANTENNA SETTINGS :

11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 317 MHz ,RF2 : 317 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB
12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 255 MHz, ILO2 : 255MHz , IVLO1 : 62 MHz, IVLO2 : 62 MHz 
13. IF Attn(dB) , IF BW(MHz) & IF ALC : IF-CH1 : 24+4 dB, 16 MHz,OFF, IF-CH2 : 24+4 dB, 16 MHz,OFF

GSB SETTINGS :

14. GSB Host : gsbm1_shivneri
15. GSB Mode : Realtime
16. GSB LTA : 8
17. GSB CTRL : ONLINE
18. GSB Fstop : ON
19. GAIN EQ : OFF
20. Stokes : Full_Stokes
21. Beam - 1 : OFF
22. Beam - 2 : PA
23. ACQ BW : 16.666666 MHz
24. Final BW : 0 MHz; Step # 0
25. Maximum Channels : 256
26. Channel Numbers : 0:255:1
27. LO5 -1  : 138
28. LO5 -2  : 167

29. Frequency Parameters (TPA) : 317 317 255 255 62 62
30. Integration Time : 2.0132 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :27

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
C09 : Maintenance.
S03 : Frequently applying elevation brakes.
S04 : Low fringe.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 19 Sep 2017 20:00:00 - 20 Sep 2017 02:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Shivneri

36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :27

37. Comments (During Observations) :
# GSB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 W03 Total=20
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 W03 Total=20
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20:00 : Started settings.
20:20 : Power equalized on 2219-279 @ 250 counts.
20:20 : Phasing done on 2219-279.
20:21 : Started scan on 2219-279 for 8min.
20:36 : Started phasing on 2047-026.
20:42 : Phasing done.
20:45 : Started scan on B1929+10 for ~ 10 min.
20:58 : Started command file.
        /odisk/gtac/cmd/32_076/19sep17/32_076_cmd.txt
01:37 : Stopped command file(source set).
01:46 : Started scan on 3C147.
02:00 : Stopped scan and observation session over.