GTAC Observation Log 1. Date : 20/11/2019 2. Observation Sr. No. : 11605 3. Observer : Alessandro Ridolfi, Paulo Cesar Freire, Yashwant Gupta 4. Observer's Email : alessandro.ridolfi@inaf.it, pfreire@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de, ygupta@ncra.tifr.res.in 5. Project Name : Continued timing of PSR J0514-4002A, a possible millisecond pulsar - neutron star system. 6. Project Code : 37_078 7. Operator(s) : Nilesh 8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/36_071/16sep19/obs.cmd 9. LTA File : /gwbifrdata1/20nov/37_078_20nov2019_band3_gwb.lta 10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/37_078.FLAGS ANTENNA SETTINGS : 11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 306 MHz ,RF2 : 306 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB 12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 255 MHz, ILO2 : 255MHz , 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) : 306 306 255 255 51 51 30. Integration Time : 2.0132 Sec 31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :27 32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) : C04 : Maintenance. C08 : Maintenance. C11 : CH-1 No fringe. 33. Note for Backup : 34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 20 Nov 2019 01:05:00 - 20 Nov 2019 02:20:00 35. ONLINE Machine : Shivneri 36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :27 37. RFI Status :Strong Broad-band RFI at BAND#3 observed for GWB data. 38. Comments (During Observations) : 01:05 : Started settings. NOTE : SETTINGS AND OBSERVING DETAILS DID NOT RECEIVED. SO STARTED OBSERVATIONS AS PER THE OBSERVING INSTRUCTIONS FROM GTAC_CODE #36_071 (SAME PROJECT TITLE). OBSERVATIONS DONE EARLIER 16 SEPTEMBER 2019 FOR 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 : 500 500 GPU_DDCLO4 : 0.0000 0.0000 GPU_SB4 : 1 1 GCODE4 : 37_078 GPU_CNTRL : ONLINE GPU_FSTOP : ON GPU_BEAM_1 : OFF GPU_BEAM_2 : Voltage GPU_BEAM_3 : PA 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 -------------------------------- Pulsar Data Files : GWBH8 : /data7/gpuuser/37_078_data7_20nov2019/* GWBH9 : /data5/gpuuser/37_078_data5_20nov2019/* # GWB GAC configuration is as follows : # BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C05 C06 C09 C10 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 W01 W02 W03 Total=19 # BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C05 C06 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 W01 W02 W03 Total=20 # BEAM-3:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C05 C06 C09 C10 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 W01 W02 W03 Total=19 # BEAM-3:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C05 C06 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 W01 W02 W03 Total=20 01:08 : Started power eq and phasing @ 120 counts on 0440-435. 01:17 : Phasing and power eq done. 01:18:14 : Started scan on 0440-435 for ~ 3.087 min. 01:23:28 : Started scan on J0520-2553 for ~ 4.5634 min. 01:29:03 : Started scan on J0514-4002A for ~ 36.373 min. 02:06:31 : Started scan on J0520-2553 for ~ 3.5344 min. 02:11:34 : Started scan on 0440-435 for ~ 5.01079 min. 02:20 : Closed osbervations.