GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 04/09/2018
2. Observation Sr. No. : 10513
3. Observer : VisweshwarRam Marthi, Philippe Berger, Ue Li Pen, TirthankarRoy Choudhury, Tzu-Ching Chang, Kanan Kumar Datta, Bryan Gaensler, Yashwant Gupta, Suman Majumdar, Tessa Vernstrom
4. Observer's Email : vrmarthi@cita.utoronto.ca, pberger@cita.utoronto.ca, pen@cita.utoronto.ca, tirth@ncra.tifr.res.in, tcchang@asiaa.sinica.edu.tw, kanan.physics@presiuniv.ac.in, bgaensler@usyd.edu.au, ygupta@ncra.tifr.res.in, s.majumdar@imperial.ac.uk, vernstrom@dunlap.utoronto.ca
5. Project Name : Reviving EoR with the GMRT
6. Project Code : 34_118
7. Operator(s) : Navnath, Pramod, Sachin, Shilpa, Surender
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/02sep/34_118_02sep2018_gsb.lta
10. LogFlag File :  

ANTENNA SETTINGS :

11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 156 MHz ,RF2 : 156 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB
12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 218 MHz, ILO2 : 218MHz , 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 : Total_Intensity
21. Beam - 1 : OFF
22. Beam - 2 : OFF
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) : 156 156 218 218 62 62
30. Integration Time : 16.1061 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :29

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
C10 : Large Offsets

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 03 Sep 2018 00:00:00 - 04 Sep 2018 01:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :28

37. Comments (During Observations) :
22:50 : Started set up.
23:20 : Power equalized  done on 3C48.
Halted the GSB and put ALC on.
Switch GPS mode to EoR mode.
10:05 : W06 taken for surface refurbishment work.
01:00 : Stopped tracking  and observation session over.