GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 29/09/2016
2. Observation Sr. No. : 8917
3. Observer : Atish Kamble, Poonam Chandra, Nayana AJ, Alicia Margarita Soderberg, Sayan Chakraborti, Raffaella Margutti
4. Observer's Email : atish.vyas@gmail.com, poonam@ncra.tifr.res.in, nayan89deva@gmail.com, asoderberg@cfa.harvard.edu, schakraborti@fas.harvard.edu, rmargutti@cfa.harvard.edu
5. Project Name : The Unprecedented Metamorphosis of SN 2014C: from a Hydrogen-stripped to a Strongly Interacting SN
6. Project Code : 30_091
7. Operator(s) : Deepak, Shilpa
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/30_091/29sep16/obs_30_091.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata/29sep/30_091_29sep2016.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/30_091.FLAGS.1

ANTENNA SETTINGS :

11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 1371 MHz ,RF2 : 1371 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB
12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 1320 MHz, ILO2 : 1320MHz , 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
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) : 1371 1371 1320 1320 51 51
30. Integration Time : 16.1061 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :26

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
C05 : BLDC work.
C09 : BLDC work.
E03 : MCM-5 timeout.
C06 : Frequently applying azimuth brakes.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 29 Sep 2016 19:00:00 - 29 Sep 2016 23:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Shivneri

36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :26

37. Comments (During Observations) :
Note : Flux not available from 18:55 to 20:10.
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19:00 : Started settings.

19:23 : '/odisk/gtac/cmd/30_091/29sep16/obs_30_091.cmd' command file started.
20:23 : Stopped command file.

20:27 : Started scan on 3C48 for 10min.

20:40 : Restarted command file.
22:16 : W04 automatically got reset.
22:27 : W04 started working.

22:43 : Stopped command file.

22:46 : Started scan on 3C48.
23:00 : Stopped scan and observing session over.