GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 27/03/2015
2. Observation Sr. No. : 7708
3. Observer : Megan DeCesar, Scott M. Ransom, Jayanta Roy, Bhaswati Bhattacharyya, David Kaplan, Paul Ray
4. Observer's Email : megandecesar@gmail.com, sransom@nrao.edu, jroy@ncra.tifr.res.in, bhaswati.bhattacharyya@manchester.ac.uk, dkaplan@kitp.ucsb.edu, paul.ray@nrl.navy.mil
5. Project Name : GMRT Observations of the Highly Eccentric Binary Millisecond Pulsar in NGC 6652
6. Project Code : 27_056
7. Operator(s) : Rupsing, Shilpa, Surender
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/27_056_27mar.cmd,,/odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/27_056_27mar.1.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/27mar/27_056_27mar2015_2s.lta.1,/gsbifrdata1/27mar/27_056_27mar2015_2s.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/27_056.FLAGS.16,/odisk/online1/logflags/27_056.FLAGS.15,/odisk/online1/logflags/27_056.FLAGS.14

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 : 24+4 dB, 32 MHz,OFF, IF-CH2 : 24+4 dB, 32 MHz,OFF

GSB SETTINGS :

14. GSB Host : gsbm1
15. GSB Mode : Realtime
16. GSB LTA : 8
17. GSB CTRL : ONLINE
18. GSB Fstop : ON
19. GAIN EQ : OFF
20. Stokes : Total_Intensity
21. Beam - 1 : PA
22. Beam - 2 : PA
23. ACQ BW : 33.333333 MHz
24. Final BW : 33.333333 MHz; Step # 
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 : 16.1061 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :27

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
E02 : Electrical power off.
W04 : Low fringe @175 pol.
W06 : Feed cage painting.
33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 27 Mar 2015 07:00:00 - 27 Mar 2015 10:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
07:30 : Power eq. and phasing on 1822-096.
07:35 : Started command file.
08:45 : Stopped command file and restarted gsb in IA-OFF mode.
08:50 : Started command file.
10:00 : Started command file and observing session is over.