GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 26/04/2017
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9323
3. Observer : Bhaswati Bhattacharyya, Jayanta Roy, Ben Stappers, Michael Keith, Sally Cooper, Mateusz Malenta, Maura Ann McLaughlin, Paul Ray, Scott M. Ransom, Jayaram Narayanan Chengalur
4. Observer's Email : bhaswati.bhattacharyya78@gmail.com, jroy@ncra.tifr.res.in, Ben.Stappers@manchester.ac.uk, mkeith@pulsarastronomy.net, sally.cooper@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk, mateusz.malenta@student.manchester.ac.uk, maura.mclaughlin@mail.wvu.edu, paul.ray@nrl.navy.mil, sransom@nrao.edu, chengalur@ncra.tifr.res.in
5. Project Name : Regular timing of the pulsars discovered in the GMRT High Resolution Southern Sky (GHRSS) survey
6. Project Code : 32_035
7. Operator(s) : Deepak, Pramod, Sachin
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata/25apr/32_035_25apr2017.lta, /gwbifrdata1/25apr/32_035_500_25apr2017_gwb.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/32_035.FLAGS.5

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
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 : IA
22. Beam - 2 : OFF
23. ACQ BW : 33.333333 MHz
24. Final BW : 0 MHz; Step # 0
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 : 16.1061 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :27

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
E03 : Servo problem.
W03 : Servo problem.
S01 : Taken for maintenance.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 25 Apr 2017 22:00:00 - 26 Apr 2017 00:10:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Shivneri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
# GWB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E04 E05 E06 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W04 W05 W06 Total=27
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E04 E05 E06 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W04 W05 W06 Total=27
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E04 E05 E06 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W04 W05 W06 Total=27
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E04 E05 E06 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W04 W05 W06 Total=27

# GSB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E04 E05 E06 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W04 W05 W06 Total=27
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E04 E05 E06 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W04 W05 W06 Total=27
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E04 E05 E06 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W04 W05 W06 Total=27
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E04 E05 E06 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W04 W05 W06 Total=27


22:29:31 : Started scan on HR_1255-46 for ~ 0.469762 min.
22:32:36 : Started scan on HR_1255-46 for ~ 15.3008 min.
22:49:08 : Started scan on HR_1239-48 for ~ 15.3679 min.
23:05:53 : Started scan on HR_1516-43 for ~ 15.3008 min.
23:22:14 : Started scan on HR_1456-48 for ~ 20.2669 min.
23:46:15 : Started scan on HR_1559-44 for ~ 14.6297 min.
00:00 : Stopped scan and observation session is over.