GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 18/03/2024
2. Observation Sr. No. : 16522
3. Observer : Henrik Beuther, Andreas Brunthaler, Nirupam Roy, Rohit Dokara, Karl M. Menten, Sarita Vig, Md Rashid, Jagadheep D Pandian, Michael Rainer Rugel, Prasun Dutta
4. Observer\'s Email : beuther@mpia.de, brunthal@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de, roy.nirupam@gmail.com, rohitd@protonmail.com, kmenten@mpifr.de, sarita@iist.ac.in, ra1991shid@gmail.com, jagadheep@iist.ac.in, mrugel@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de, pdutta.phy@itbhu.ac.in
5. Project Name : Metrewave Galactic Plane with the uGMRT (MeGaPluG) survey: Phase 1
6. Project Code : 45_095
7. Operator(s) : Pramod, Rupsing, Shriram
8. Command File : /data1/gtac/cmd/45_095/45_095_18Mar2024_0300_cmd.py
9. LTA File : /gwbifrdata/18mar/45_095_18mar2024_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 : 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 : 4.0265 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :29

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
S03 : Strong RFI

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 18 Mar 2024 03:00:00 - 18 Mar 2024 12:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : TGC

36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :27

37. RFI Status :

38. Comments (During Observations) :

------------GWB Setting---------
GPU_MODE  	: Realtime
GPU_LTA  	: 8
GPU_ACQ_BW  	: 200.0000
GPU_FINAL_BW  	: 200
GPU_EDGE_FRQ  	: 0
GPU_CHAN_MAX  	: 8192
GPU_CHAN_NUM  	: 0:8191:1
GPU_STOKES  	: Full_Stokes
GPU_SIDEBAND  	: 1 1
GPU_RF4  	: 550 550
GPU_DDCLO4  	: 0.0000  0.0000
GPU_SB4  	: 1 1
GCODE4  	: 45_095
GPU_CNTRL  	: ONLINE/TGC
GPU_FSTOP  	: ON
GPU_BEAM_1  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_2  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_3  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_4  	: OFF
GPU_BM_INT  	: 8
GPU_GAINEQ  	: ON
GPU_TPA  	: From online/TGC tpa
GPU_BITS  	: 8 Bits
GPU_FILRFI  	: RFI Filterring OFF
GPU_BEAM_S  	: OFF
GPU_PFB  	: ON
GPU_PFB_TAPS  	: 4
GPU_BEAM_BIT  	: 16
GPU_VLT_BIT  	: 8
GPU_WALSH  	: OFF
GPU_ENV  	: RELEASED
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03:15 : Started command file.
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03:20 : Scintillation observed(03:15 to 05:37).
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10:00 :C00, C01, S03 taken for maintenance.
12:00 : Command file stopped and observation session over.