GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 30/10/2017
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9821
3. Observer : Prakash Arumugasamy, BHAL CHANDRA JOSHI, Manjari Bagchi, Gopakumar Achamveedu, Dhruv Pathak, Krishnakumar MA, Mayuresh Surnis, Yogesh Maan, ARUN KUMAR NAIDU, Periasamy K. Manoharan, Shantanu Desai, Suryarao Bethapudi, Abhimanyu Susobhanan
4. Observer's Email : prakash@ncra.tifr.res.in, bcj@ncra.tifr.res.in, manjari.bagchi@gmail.com, gopu.tifr@gmail.com, pathakdhruv9786@gmail.com, kkma@ncra.tifr.res.in, mpsurnis@ncra.tifr.res.in, ymaan@ncra.tifr.res.in, arun@ncra.tifr.res.in, mano@ncra.tifr.res.in, shntn05@gmail.com, ep14btech11008@iith.ac.in, s.abhimanyu@tifr.res.in
5. Project Name : Extending timing baseline for the ORT-GMRT Indian Pulsar Timing Array (InPTA) experiment
6. Project Code : 33_062
7. Operator(s) : Navnath, Nilesh, Pramod, Surender
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata/30oct/33_062_30oct2017.lta, /gwbifrdata1/30oct/33_062_30oct2017_gwb.lta.2, /gwbifrdata1/30oct/33_062_30oct2017_gwb.lta.1, /gwbifrdata1/30oct/33_062_30oct2017_gwb.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/33_062.FLAGS

ANTENNA SETTINGS :

11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 1292 MHz ,RF2 : 1292 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB
12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 1230 MHz, ILO2 : 1230MHz , IVLO1 : 62 MHz, IVLO2 : 62 MHz 
13. IF Attn(dB) , IF BW(MHz) & IF ALC : IF-CH1 : 24+24 dB, 16 MHz,OFF, IF-CH2 : 4+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 : Total_Intensity
21. Beam - 1 : OFF
22. Beam - 2 : Volt
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) : 1292 1292 1230 1230 62 62
30. Integration Time : 16.1061 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :27

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
C14 : : Taken for Mech.
W05 : : Taken for Painitng.
W03 : : FE work.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 30 Oct 2017 11:00:00 - 30 Oct 2017 19:10:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :30

37. Comments (During Observations) :
11:00 : Started set-up.
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# GSB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=19
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=19
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=19
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=19
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11:34:58 : Started scan on 3C286 for ~ 6.57666 min.
11:41:55 : Started scan on 3C286 for ~ 0.603979 min.
11:46:35 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 0.570425 min.
11:54:27 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 2.85212 min.
11:57:26 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 2.24814 min.
12:01:49 : Started scan on J1600-3053 for ~ 41.4397 min.
12:45:22 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 2.6508 min.
12:48:10 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.71127 min.
12:51:28 : Started scan on J1643-1224 for ~ 51.1705 min.
13:44:01 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 2.48303 min.
13:46:38 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.64417 min.
13:49:53 : Started scan on J1713+0747 for ~ 38.6547 min.
14:30:12 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 2.2817 min.
14:32:39 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 6.07335 min.
14:38:53 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 2.68435 min.
14:43:06 : Started scan on B1855+09 for ~ 38.856 min.
15:24:12 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 3.28833 min.
15:27:37 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 0.469762 min.
15:30:06 : Started scan on J1909-3744 for ~ 41.1041 min.
16:13:35 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.24151 min.
16:15:05 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.07374 min.
16:20:56 : Started scan on B1937+21 for ~ 15.8712 min.
16:41:05 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 2.44947 min.
16:43:42 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 0.637534 min.
16:46:30 : Started scan on J2124-3358 for ~ 40.8357 min.
17:30:03 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.61061 min.
17:31:48 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.24151 min.
17:36:33 : Started scan on J2145-0750 for ~ 30.9372 min.
18:12:39 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 2.41592 min.
18:15:21 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.81194 min.
18:17:35 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 0.201326 min.
18:23:07 : Started scan on J2317+1439 for ~ 40.6344 min.
19:05:50 : Started scan on 3C48 for ~ 1.37573 min.
19:08:01 : Started scan on 3C48 for ~ 1.61061 min.
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