GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 15/09/2023
2. Observation Sr. No. : 15885
3. Observer : Ashley Marie Stock, Visweshwar Ram Marthi, Marten H vanKerkwijk, Ue Li Pen
4. Observer\'s Email : ashley.stock@mail.utoronto.ca, vrmarthi@ncra.tifr.res.in, mhvk@astro.utoronto.ca, pen@cita.utoronto.ca
5. Project Name : Measuring the Scintillation of Bright, Isolated Pulsars with VLBI
6. Project Code : ddtC278
7. Operator(s) : Navnath, Shriram
8. Command File : /data1/gtac/cmd/DDTC278/DDTC278_15Sep2023_1700_cmd_1.py
9. LTA File : /gwbifrdata2/15sep/ddtc278b_15sep2023_subar2_b3_gwb.lta, /gwbifrdata2/15sep/ddtc278a_15sep2023_subar1_b4_gwb.lta
10. LogFlag File :  

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/TGC
18. GSB Fstop : ON
19. GAIN EQ : ON
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) : 591 591 540 540 51 51
30. Integration Time : 8.053 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :28

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
C11 : Servo Work.
E02 : : Mechanical Work.
33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 15 Sep 2023 17:00:00 - 15 Sep 2023 19:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : TGC

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

37. RFI Status :

38. Comments (During Observations) :

------------GWB Setting---------
GPU_MODE  	: Realtime
GPU_LTA  	: 2
GPU_ACQ_BW  	: 100
GPU_FINAL_BW  	: 100
GPU_EDGE_FRQ  	: 0
GPU_CHAN_MAX  	: 2048
GPU_CHAN_NUM  	: 0:2047:1
GPU_STOKES  	: Total_Intensity
GPU_SIDEBAND  	: 1 1
GPU_RF1  	: 550  550
GPU_DDCLO1  	: 540.000000  540.000000
GPU_SB1  	: 1 1
GCODE1  	: DDTC278A
GPU_RF2  	: 500  500
GPU_DDCLO2  	: 0.000000  0.000000
GPU_SB2  	: 1 1
GCODE2  	: DDTC278B
GPU_CNTRL  	: ONLINE/TGC
GPU_FSTOP  	: ON
GPU_BEAM_1  	: VOLTAGE
GPU_BEAM_2  	: PC
GPU_BEAM_3  	: VOLTAGE
GPU_BEAM_4  	: PC
GPU_BM_INT  	: 32
GPU_GAINEQ  	: ON
GPU_TPA  	: From online/TGC tpa
GPU_BITS  	: 8 Bits
GPU_FILRFI  	: RFI Filterring OFF
GPU_BEAM_S  	: OFF
GPU_PFB  	: OFF
GPU_PFB_TAPS  	: 4
GPU_BEAM_BIT  	: 16
GPU_VLT_BIT  	: 4
GPU_WALSH  	: OFF
GPU_ENV  	: RELEASED
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# GWB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C02 C04 C06 C09 E05 E06 S03 S04 S06 W04 W05 W06 Total=13
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C02 C04 C06 C09 E05 E06 S03 S04 S06 W04 W05 W06 Total=13
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C02 C04 C06 C09 E05 E06 S03 S04 S06 W04 W05 W06 Total=13
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C02 C04 C06 C09 E05 E06 S03 S04 S06 W04 W05 W06 Total=13
# BEAM-3:130 :: C01 C03 C05 C08 C10 C12 C14 E03 E04 S01 S02 W01 W02 W03 Total=14
# BEAM-3:175 :: C01 C03 C05 C08 C10 C12 C14 E03 E04 S01 S02 W01 W02 W03 Total=14
# BEAM-4:130 :: C01 C03 C05 C08 C10 C12 C14 E03 E04 S01 S02 W01 W02 W03 Total=14
# BEAM-4:175 :: C01 C03 C05 C08 C10 C12 C14 E03 E04 S01 S02 W01 W02 W03 Total=14
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
17:00 : Started settings.
17:25 : Power equalized on 3C286
      : C13 Removed from GAC after phasing.
17:35 : Started command file,
       \'/data1/gtac/cmd/DDTC278/DDTC278_15Sep2023_1700_cmd_1.py\'

17:32:31 : Started scan on 3C286 for ~ 2.55014 min.
17:41:41 : Started scan on B2202+42 for ~ 2.59488 min.
17:44:52 : Started scan on B2202+42 for ~ 0.984263 min.
17:47:27 : Started scan on B2217+47 for ~ 52.7476 min.
18:42:26 : Started scan on B2202+42 for ~ 2.41592 min.
18:45:26 : Started scan on B2202+42 for ~ 0.984263 min.
18:47:34 : Started scan on B2217+47 for ~ 13.1086 min.
19:00:00 : Observation session over.