GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 23/05/2016
2. Observation Sr. No. : 8601
3. Observer : Tiziana Venturi, Sandro Bardelli, Daniele Dallacasa, Gabriella DiGennaro, Fabio Gastaldello, Giacintucci Simona, Mariachiara Rossetti
4. Observer's Email : tventuri@ira.inaf.it, sandro.bardelli@oabo.inaf.it, daniele.dallacasa@unibo.it, gabriella.digennaro@studio.unibo.it, gasta@lambrate.inaf.it, simona@astro.umd.edu, mchiara.rossetti@gmail.com
5. Project Name : Probing cluster mergers and group accretion in the Shapley Concentration Core
6. Project Code : 30_024
7. Operator(s) : Deepak, Navnath, Rupsing, Sachin, Shilpa
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/30_024/22may16/obs_22may16.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/22may/30_024_22may2016.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/30_024.FLAGS.2, /odisk/online1/logflags/30_024.FLAGS.1

ANTENNA SETTINGS :

11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 242 MHz ,RF2 : 242 MHz, SA1 : 14 dB, SA2 : 14 dB
12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 304 MHz, ILO2 : 304MHz , IVLO1 : 62 MHz, IVLO2 : 62 MHz 
13. IF Attn(dB) , IF BW(MHz) & IF ALC : IF-CH1 : 4+14 dB, 16 MHz,ON, IF-CH2 : 4+14 dB, 16 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 : 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) : 242 242 304 304 62 62
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) :
W06 : : ABC Time out.
E04 : : No fringe.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 22 May 2016 17:30:00 - 23 May 2016 02:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Shivneri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
17:30 : Started setup.
17:41 : Started scan on 3C286 for ~ 28.8568 min.
18:15 : '/odisk/gtac/cmd/30_024/22may16/obs_22may16.cmd' command file started.

18:22 : E06 servo problem.
01:44 : Stopped command file.

01:46 : Started scan on 3C286.
02:00 : Stopped scan and observing session over.