GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 29/11/2019
2. Observation Sr. No. : 11630
3. Observer : Srikrishna Sekhar, Preshanth Jagannathan, Ruta Kale, Shweta, Ramana Athreya
4. Observer's Email : srikrishna@idia.ac.za, pjaganna@nrao.edu, ruta@ncra.tifr.res.in, ashweta@students.iiserpune.ac.in, rathreya@iiserpune.ac.in
5. Project Name : Measuring the magnetic field structure and polarization properties of merging galaxy cluster A2163
6. Project Code : 37_067
7. Operator(s) : Manisha
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/37_067/29nov19/obs_29nov19.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata/29nov/37_067_29nov2019.lta, /gwbifrdata2/29nov/37_067_29nov2019_gwb.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/37_067.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 :25

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
C02 : Antenna Tracking away from the source
E05 : Feed Jammed
C04 : Mechanical Work
C11 : Painting
W03 : No Fringe

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 29 Nov 2019 10:00:00 - 29 Nov 2019 15:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Shivneri

36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :25

37. RFI Status :

38. 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  	: 4096
GPU_CHAN_NUM  	: 0:4095:1
GPU_STOKES  	: Full_Stokes
GPU_SIDEBAND  	: 1 1
GPU_RF4  	: 550  550
GPU_DDCLO4  	: 0.0000  0.0000
GPU_SB4  	: -1 -1
GCODE4  	: 37_067
GPU_CNTRL  	: ONLINE
GPU_FSTOP  	: ON
GPU_BEAM_1  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_2  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_3  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_4  	: OFF
GPU_BM_INT  	: 128
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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10:01 : Started Scan on 3C286 ~ 15mins
10:35 : Command file started.
14:50 : command file stopped.
14:55 : started scan on 3c286 ~ 5 mins
15:00 : scan stopped and observation session over.