GTAC Observation Log 1. Date : 04/05/2018 2. Observation Sr. No. : 10224 3. Observer : BHAL CHANDRA JOSHI, Yashwant Gupta, Manjari Bagchi, Prakash Arumugasamy, Krishnakumar MA, Suryarao Bethapudi, Kishalay De, Yogesh Maan, Mayuresh Surnis, Abhimanyu Susobhanan, Dhruv Pathak, Gopakumar Achamveedu, ARUN KUMAR NAIDU, Neelam Dhanda Batra, Siraprapa Sanpa-arsa 4. Observer's Email : bcj@ncra.tifr.res.in, ygupta@ncra.tifr.res.in, manjari.bagchi@gmail.com, prakash@ncra.tifr.res.in, kkma@ncra.tifr.res.in, ep14btech11008@iith.ac.in, kde@caltech.edu, ymaan@ncra.tifr.res.in, mayuresh.surnis@mail.wvu.edu, s.abhimanyu@tifr.res.in, pathakdhruv9786@gmail.com, gopu.tifr@gmail.com, arun@ncra.tifr.res.in, neelam.dhanda@gmail.com, s.tuck.sanpaarsa@gmail.com 5. Project Name : Indian Pulsar Timing Array (InPTA) experiment using the upgraded wideband GMRT and the ORT 6. Project Code : 34_102 7. Operator(s) : Deepak, Nilesh, Pramod, Shilpa 8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/bcj/34_102_set2_03may18.cmd 9. LTA File : /gwbifrdata2/03may/34_102_03may2018_750lo.lta.3, /gwbifrdata2/03may/34_102_03may2018_750lo.lta.2, /gwbifrdata2/03may/34_102_03may2018_750lo.lta.1, /gwbifrdata2/03may/34_102_03may2018_750lo.lta, /gwbifrdata2/03may/34_102_03may2018_500lo.lta.3, /gwbifrdata2/03may/34_102_03may2018_500lo.lta.2, /gwbifrdata2/03may/34_102_03may2018_500lo.lta.1, /gwbifrdata2/03may/34_102_03may2018_500lo.lta, /gwbifrdata2/03may/34_102_03may2018_1460lo.lta.3, /gwbifrdata2/03may/34_102_03may2018_1460lo.lta.2, /gwbifrdata2/03may/34_102_03may2018_1460lo.lta.1, /gwbifrdata2/03may/34_102_03may2018_1460lo.lta 10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/PNTG.FLAGS.2721 ANTENNA SETTINGS : 11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 1371 MHz ,RF2 : 1371 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB 12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 1320 MHz, ILO2 : 1320MHz , IVLO1 : 51 MHz, IVLO2 : 51 MHz 13. IF Attn(dB) , IF BW(MHz) & IF ALC : IF-CH1 : 4+14 dB, 32 MHz,OFF, IF-CH2 : 4+14 dB, 32 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 : OFF 23. ACQ BW : 33.333333 MHz 24. Final BW : 0 MHz; Step # 0 25. Maximum Channels : 256 26. Channel Numbers : 0:255:1 27. LO5 -1 : 149 28. LO5 -2 : 156 29. Frequency Parameters (TPA) : 1371 1371 1320 1320 51 51 30. Integration Time : 2.0132 Sec 31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :29 32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) : S03 : Frequently applying elevation brakes. W06 : : ABC time out S06 : : Applying brakes 33. Note for Backup : 34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 03 May 2018 20:00:00 - 04 May 2018 09:00:00 35. ONLINE Machine : Shivneri 36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :27 37. Comments (During Observations) : ------------GWB Setting---------------------------------------------------- GPU_MODE : Realtime GPU_LTA : 4 GPU_ACQ_BW : 100.0000 GPU_FINAL_BW : 100.0000 GPU_EDGE_FRQ : 0 GPU_CHAN_MAX : 1024 GPU_CHAN_NUM : 0:1023:1 GPU_STOKES : Total_Intensity GPU_SIDEBAND : 1 1 GPU_RF2 : 750 750 GPU_DDCLO2 : 0.0000 0.0000 GPU_SB2 : 1 1 GCODE2 : 34_102C GPU_RF3 : 500 500 GPU_DDCLO3 : 0.0000 0.0000 GPU_SB3 : 1 1 GCODE3 : 34_102B GPU_RF4 : 1460 1460 GPU_DDCLO4 : 0.0000 0.0000 GPU_SB4 : 1 1 GCODE4 : 34_102A GPU_CNTRL : ONLINE GPU_FSTOP : ON GPU_BEAM_1 : Voltage GPU_BEAM_2 : Voltage GPU_BEAM_3 : PA GPU_BEAM_4 : IA GPU_BM_INT : 8 GPU_GAINEQ : OFF GPU_TPA : From GWB GUI. GPU_BITS : 64 inputs. GPU_FILRFI : RFI Filterring OFF GPU_BEAM_S : OFF --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # GWB GAC configuration is as follows : # BEAM-1:130 :: C03 C05 C10 C11 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=12 # BEAM-1:175 :: C03 C05 C10 C11 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=12 # BEAM-2:130 :: C01 C04 C06 C09 C12 Total=5 # BEAM-2:175 :: C01 C04 C06 C09 C12 Total=5 # BEAM-3:130 :: C00 C02 C08 E04 E05 E06 S04 S06 W03 W04 W05 W06 Total=12 # BEAM-3:175 :: C00 C02 C08 E04 E05 E06 S04 S06 W03 W04 W05 W06 Total=12 # BEAM-4:130 :: C00 C02 C08 E04 E05 E06 S04 S06 W03 W04 W05 W06 Total=12 # BEAM-4:175 :: C00 C02 C08 E04 E05 E06 S04 S06 W03 W04 W05 W06 Total=12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:00 : Started settings. 20:50 : Power equalized on 3C286 @ 150 counts. 21:46 : '/odisk/gtac/cmd/bcj/34_102_set2_03may18.cmd' command file started. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note : Plan creation error in Beam-2 (GWBH8). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:35 : Stopped command file and Halted GWB. 22:36 : Restarted GWB. 22:36 to 23:00 : GWB problem for beam2 (voltage beam). 23:20 : restarted phasing on 3C286 23:30 : Started command file. 03:17 : could not record data for J1730-2304, as data7 not available on gwbh10. Also, data4 has no space left on gwbh10. 06:20 : Removed W06 from GWB GAC. 06:30 : Noticed that GWB DAS chain stopped accepting commands for SUBA #2 and SUBA #3 from 04:30 IST. commands working normally for SUBA #4 06:45 : Restarted GWB correlator. 06:55 : Started command file from J2145-0750. 07:35 : C14 : Removed from GAC due maintenance work and 07:40 : S06 appled brakes hence removed from GAC. 08:52 : gwbh8 ON-OFF recording for CDP not working. tried restarting PSR chain. 09:00 : Observation session over.