GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 03/08/2018
2. Observation Sr. No. : 10449
3. Observer : Paulo Cesar Freire, Yashwant Gupta, Alessandro Ridolfi, Yogesh Maan, BHAL CHANDRA JOSHI, Joeri vanLeeuwen
4. Observer's Email : pfreire@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de, ygupta@ncra.tifr.res.in, ridolfi@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de, yogesh@rri.res.in, bcj@ncra.tifr.res.in, leeuwen@astron.nl
5. Project Name : Searching for new pulsars in dense globular clusters with the uGMRT.
6. Project Code : 34_129
7. Operator(s) : Navnath, Nilesh, Surender
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/yg/cmdfile_34_129_02aug18.txt
9. LTA File : /gwbifrdata2/02aug/34_129_02aug2018_gwb.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/34_129.FLAGS

ANTENNA SETTINGS :

11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 591 MHz ,RF2 : 591 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB
12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 540 MHz, ILO2 : 540MHz , IVLO1 : 51 MHz, IVLO2 : 51 MHz 
13. IF Attn(dB) , IF BW(MHz) & IF ALC : IF-CH1 : 4+14 dB, 32 MHz,ON, IF-CH2 : 4+14 dB, 32 MHz,ON

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 : ON
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) : 591 591 540 540 51 51
30. Integration Time : 8.053 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :27

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
W01 : : FES problem.
W06 : : Mechanical work.
S04 : : Servo maintenance.
--- :---------------------- Callsheet No:  2018.1211------
Note :  Not getting power equalized with default OF attenuation (9,9) at 610MHz for following antennas.
C06 :,C09,C10,C11-130,C12,C13-130,C14,E02,E03-130,E04-175,E05,E06,S03,S06,W02
33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 02 Aug 2018 20:00:00 - 03 Aug 2018 00:40:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Shivneri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
Callsheet No:  2018.1211
-----------------------------
Note :  Not getting power equalized with default OF attenuation (9,9) at 610MHz for following antennas.
C06,C09,C10,C11-130,C12,C13-130,C14,E02,E03-130,E04-175,E05,E06,S03,S06,W02
--------------------------------------------------
19:50 : Started settings.

------------GWB Setting---------
GPU_MODE  	: Realtime
GPU_LTA  	: 4
GPU_ACQ_BW  	: 200.0000
GPU_FINAL_BW  	: 200.0000
GPU_EDGE_FRQ  	: 0
GPU_CHAN_MAX  	: 2048
GPU_CHAN_NUM  	: 0:2047:1
GPU_STOKES  	: Total_Intensity
GPU_SIDEBAND  	: 1 1
GPU_RF4  	: 550  550
GPU_DDCLO4  	: 0.0000  0.0000
GPU_SB4  	: -1 -1
GCODE4  	: 34_129
GPU_CNTRL  	: ONLINE
GPU_FSTOP  	: ON
GPU_BEAM_1  	: PA
GPU_BEAM_2  	: Voltage
GPU_BEAM_3  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_4  	: OFF
GPU_BM_INT  	: 8
GPU_GAINEQ  	: OFF
GPU_TPA  	: From GWB GUI.
GPU_BITS  	: 8 Bits.
GPU_FILRFI  	: RFI Filterring OFF
GPU_BEAM_S  	: OFF
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# GWB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 Total=14
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 Total=14
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 Total=14
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 Total=14
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19:34:04 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.20796 min.
19:45:40 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 5.23449 min.
20:01:00 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.34218 min.
20:02:53 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 20.5353 min.
20:24:00 : Started command file.
           /odisk/gtac/cmd/yg/cmdfile_34_129_02aug18.txt
00:40:00 : Stopped command file and observing session over.