GTAC Observation Log 1. Date : 31/08/2018 2. Observation Sr. No. : 10500 3. Observer : Yashwant Gupta, BHAL CHANDRA JOSHI, Manjari Bagchi, Sushan Konar, Biplab Bijay, Mayuresh Surnis, Debades Bandyopadhyay, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Avinash Anant Deshpande, Biprateep Dey, Vishal R Gajjar, Sanjay S. Kudale, Yogesh Maan, Sachindra Naik, Alak Ray, Boris Sindhu Kalita, Sajad Ahmad Bhat, Prakash Arumugasamy 4. Observer's Email : ygupta@ncra.tifr.res.in, bcj@ncra.tifr.res.in, manjari.bagchi@gmail.com, sushan@ncra.tifr.res.in, biplab@ncra.tifr.res.in, mpsurnis@ncra.tifr.res.in, debades.bandyopadhyay@saha.ac.in, dipankar@iucaa.in, desh@rri.res.in, biprateep.d@niser.ac.in, gajjar@ncra.tifr.res.in, ksanjay@gmrt.ncra.tifr.res.in, maan@astron.nl, snaik.prl@gmail.com, akr@tifr.res.in, boris.kalita@ncra.tifr.res.in, sajadtarigami@gmail.com, prakash@ncra.tifr.res.in 5. Project Name : Survey for Pulsars and Fast Transients with the upgraded GMRT : Pilot follow-up 6. Project Code : 34_075 7. Operator(s) : Navnath, Pramod 8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/34_075/30aug18/obs2.cmd,, /odisk/gtac/cmd/34_075/30aug18/obs1.cmd 9. LTA File : /gwbifrdata2/30aug/34_075_30aug2018_gwb.lta.1, /gwbifrdata2/30aug/34_075_30aug2018_gwb.lta 10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/34_075.FLAGS.8 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 : IA 22. Beam - 2 : PA 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 : 16.1061 Sec 31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :28 32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) : C10 : : off sets. W05 : : Feed Not in focus. 33. Note for Backup : 34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 30 Aug 2018 18:00:00 - 31 Aug 2018 02:00:00 35. ONLINE Machine : Shivneri 36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :28 37. Comments (During Observations) : ------------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_075 GPU_CNTRL : ONLINE GPU_FSTOP : ON GPU_BEAM_1 : OFF GPU_BEAM_2 : IA GPU_BEAM_3 : OFF GPU_BEAM_4 : OFF 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 -------------------------------- 18:00 : Started setup. 18:10 : Started power eq on 1822-096 at 120 counts. 18:15 : Started phasing. # GWB GAC configuration is as follows : # BEAM-1:130 :: Total=0 # BEAM-1:175 :: Total=0 # BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S01 S02 S03 S06 W01 W02 W03 W04 W06 Total=27 # BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S01 S02 S03 S06 W01 W02 W03 W04 W06 Total=27 # BEAM-3:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C11 C12 C13 C14 Total=13 # BEAM-3:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C11 C12 C13 C14 Total=13 18:20 : Started cmd file. /odisk/gtac/cmd/34_075/30aug18/obs1.cmd 18:22:24 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 0 min. 18:28:17 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 0.671088 min. 18:29:13 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 0.53687 min. 18:30:56 : Started scan on NEWPSR02S11 for ~ 10.0663 min. 18:42:36 : Started scan on J1805-1504 for ~ 4.96605 min. 18:55:36 : Started scan on 3C286 for ~ 2.41592 min. 18:58:16 : Started scan on 3C286 for ~ 0.53687 min. 18:59:03 : Started scan on 3C286 for ~ 5.10027 min. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:05 : Restarted with IA beam2 ON. # BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S01 S02 S03 S06 W01 W02 W03 W04 W06 Total=27 # BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S01 S02 S03 S06 W01 W02 W03 W04 W06 Total=27 19:10: Started cmd file. /odisk/gtac/cmd/34_075/30aug18/obs2.cmd 19:14:27 : Started scan on B1745-12 for ~ 0 min. 19:15:56 : Started scan on B1745-12 for ~ 6.97932 min. 19:27:31 : Started scan on B1804-08 for ~ 7.11353 min. 19:35:31 : Started scan on CND-292-313 for ~ 2.14748 min. 19:56:39 : Started scan on 141D-012R50 for ~ 10.0663 min. 20:07:51 : Started scan on 142D-012R50 for ~ 10.0663 min. 20:18:53 : Started scan on 001D+000R50 for ~ 10.0663 min. 20:29:51 : Started scan on 002D+000R50 for ~ 10.0663 min. 20:41:03 : Started scan on 021D+002R50 for ~ 9.9321 min. 20:52:14 : Started scan on 003D+000R50 for ~ 9.9321 min. 21:03:17 : Started scan on 023D+002R50 for ~ 10.0663 min. 21:14:24 : Started scan on 047D+004R50 for ~ 10.0663 min. 21:25:35 : Started scan on 071D+006R50 for ~ 10.0663 min. 21:36:43 : Started scan on 095D+008R50 for ~ 10.0663 min. 21:47:54 : Started scan on 049D+004R50 for ~ 10.0663 min. 21:59:11 : Started scan on 025D+002R50 for ~ 10.0663 min. 22:10:23 : Started scan on 004D+000R50 for ~ 10.0663 min. 22:21:30 : Started scan on 073D+006R50 for ~ 10.0663 min. 22:32:32 : Started scan on 096D+008R50 for ~ 10.0663 min. 22:43:58 : Started scan on 027D+002R50 for ~ 10.0663 min. 22:55:14 : Started scan on 005D+000R50 for ~ 10.0663 min. 23:06:40 : Started scan on B1745-12 for ~ 6.97932 min. 23:06 : S04 added in GAC. 23:14:35 : Started scan on B1804-08 for ~ 7.11353 min. 23:22:53 : Started scan on 051D+004R50 for ~ 10.0663 min. 23:34:04 : Started scan on 074D+006R50 for ~ 10.0663 min. 23:45:07 : Started scan on 119D+010R50 for ~ 9.9321 min. 23:56:23 : Started scan on 097D+008R50 for ~ 9.9321 min. 00:07:30 : Started scan on 029D+002R50 for ~ 10.0663 min. 00:18:28 : Started scan on 006D+000R50 for ~ 9.9321 min. 00:29:21 : Started scan on 052D+004R50 for ~ 10.0663 min. 00:40:33 : Started scan on 075D+006R50 for ~ 9.9321 min. 00:51:30 : Started scan on 120D+010R50 for ~ 10.0663 min. 01:02:23 : Started scan on 030D+002R51 for ~ 10.0663 min. 01:13:35 : Started scan on 053D+004R51 for ~ 9.9321 min. 01:30:34 : Started scan on 122D+010R51 for ~ 6.97932 min. 01:43:20 : Started scan on B0329+54 for ~ 9.9321 min. 01:54 : Stopped command file and observation session is over.