GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 19/12/2015
2. Observation Sr. No. : 8262
3. Observer : Tracy Clarke, Scott W Randall, Reinout Johannes vanWeeren, Giacintucci Simona, Tony Mroczkowski, Huib T Intema
4. Observer's Email : tracy.clarke@nrl.navy.mil, srandall@cfa.harvard.edu, rvanweeren@cfa.harvard.edu, simona@astro.umd.edu, tony.mroczkowski@gmail.com, hintema@nrao.edu
5. Project Name : Deciphering the Nature of Fossil Particle Populations in Clusters
6. Project Code : 29_049
7. Operator(s) : Navnath, Rupsing, Surender
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/29_049/18_19dec15/obs_start.cmd, /odisk/gtac/cmd/29_049/18_19dec15/obs_end.cmd, /odisk/gtac/cmd/29_049/18_19dec15/loop.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata/18dec/29_049_18dec2015_8s.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/29_049.FLAGS.1

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_lenyadri
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 : 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) : 306 306 255 255 51 51
30. Integration Time : 8.053 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :27

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
C13 : : CST Painting
W01 : : BLDC Work
W06 : : 175 low fringe
33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 18 Dec 2015 19:00:00 - 19 Dec 2015 05:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
18:40 : Started setup.
18:45 : Started scan on 3c48.
19:00 : Started cmd file.
 
         /odisk/gtac/cmd/29_049/18_19dec15/obs_start.cmd

20:03 : Started cmd file.

          /odisk/gtac/cmd/29_049/18_19dec15/loop.cmd

03:45 : Started cmd file.

          /odisk/gtac/cmd/29_049/18_19dec15/obs_end.cmd
04:40 : Stopped command file.
04:41 : Started scan on 3C147.
05:00 : Sopped scan and observing session is over.