GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 26/11/2018
2. Observation Sr. No. : 10684
3. Observer : Bhaswati Bhattacharyya, Jayanta Roy, Andrew Lyne, Ben Stappers, Patrick Weltevrede, Evan Francis Keane, Maura Ann McLaughlin, Michael Kramer, Cees Bassa, Christine Jordan
4. Observer's Email : bhaswati@ncra.tifr.res.in, jroy@ncra.tifr.res.in, andrew.lyne@manchester.ac.uk, Ben.Stappers@manchester.ac.uk, Patrick.Weltevrede@manchester.ac.uk, Evan.Keane@gmail.com, maura.mclaughlin@mail.wvu.edu, mkramer@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de, bassa@astron.nl, cajordan@manchester.ac.uk
5. Project Name : Investigation of Rotating Radio Transients at simultaneous multiple frequencies with the GMRT
6. Project Code : 35_043
7. Operator(s) : Nilesh, Pramod, Sachin
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/35_043_26nov.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/26nov/35_043_band4_26nov2018_gsb.lta, /gsbifrdata1/26nov/35_043_band3_26nov2018_gsb.lta, /gwbifrdata2/26nov/35_043_band4_26nov2018_gwb.lta, /gwbifrdata2/26nov/35_043_band3_26nov2018_gwb.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/35_043A.FLAGS, /odisk/online1/logflags/35_043.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_lenyadri
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 : PA
22. Beam - 2 : PA
23. ACQ BW : 33.333333 MHz
24. Final BW : 0 MHz; Step # 0
25. Maximum Channels : 512
26. Channel Numbers : 0:511:1
27. LO5 -1  : 149
28. LO5 -2  : 156

29. Frequency Parameters (TPA) : 591 591 540 540 51 51
30. Integration Time : 2.0132 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :28

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
C01 : and C14 Taken for mechanical work.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 26 Nov 2018 11:00:00 - 26 Nov 2018 16:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
11:00 : Started set up.

------------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  	: 4096
GPU_CHAN_NUM  	: 0:4095:1
GPU_STOKES  	: Total_Intensity
GPU_SIDEBAND  	: 1 1
GPU_RF4  	: 550  550
GPU_DDCLO4  	: 0.0000  0.0000
GPU_SB4  	: -1 -1
GCODE4  	: 35_043
GPU_CNTRL  	: ONLINE
GPU_FSTOP  	: ON
GPU_BEAM_1  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_2  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_3  	: PA
GPU_BEAM_4  	: PA
GPU_BM_INT  	: 4
GPU_GAINEQ  	: OFF
GPU_TPA  	: From GWB GUI.
GPU_BITS  	: 8 Bits
GPU_FILRFI  	: RFI Filterring OFF
GPU_BEAM_S  	: OFF
--------------------------------

# GWB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: Total=0
# BEAM-1:175 :: Total=0
# BEAM-2:130 :: Total=0
# BEAM-2:175 :: Total=0
# BEAM-3:130 :: C00 C02 C05 C10 C11 C12 C13 S01 W01 Total=9
# BEAM-3:175 :: C00 C02 C05 C10 C11 C12 C13 S01 W01 Total=9
# BEAM-4:130 :: C03 C04 C06 C08 C09 E02 E03 E04 S02 S03 S04 W02 W03 W04 Total=14
# BEAM-4:175 :: C03 C04 C06 C08 C09 E02 E03 E04 S02 S03 S04 W02 W03 W04 Total=14

# GSB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C02 C05 C10 C11 C12 C13 S01 W01 Total=8
# BEAM-1:175 :: C02 C05 C10 C11 C12 C13 S01 W01 Total=8
# BEAM-2:130 :: C03 C04 C06 C08 C09 E02 E03 E04 S02 S03 S04 W02 W03 W04 Total=14
# BEAM-2:175 :: C03 C04 C06 C08 C09 E02 E03 E04 S02 S03 S04 W02 W03 W04 Total=14

12:15 : Power equalized and phasing done on 3C286.
'/odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/35_043_26nov.cmd'
14:20 : Restarted command file.

16:00 : Stopped command file, and closed observations.