GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 09/05/2017
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9372
3. Observer : Paulo Cesar Freire, Yashwant Gupta, Alessandro Ridolfi
4. Observer's Email : pfreire@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de, ygupta@ncra.tifr.res.in, ridolfi@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
5. Project Name : Determining the masses of the components of two binary pulsars
6. Project Code : 32_083
7. Operator(s) : Nilesh, Sachin
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata/09may/32_083_09may2017.lta, /gwbifrdata1/09may/32_083_09may2017_gwb.lta
10. LogFlag File :  

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_shivneri
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 : PA
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) :
C01 : : Low fringe.
C14 : : Not released for observation.
W03 : : Mechanical work.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 09 May 2017 15:35:00 - 09 May 2017 17:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
15:40 : Started Settings for observations.
------------GWB Setting---------
GPU_MODE  	: Realtime
GPU_LTA  	: 4
GPU_ACQ_BW  	: 200.0000
GPU_CHAN_MAX  	: 2048
GPU_CHAN_NUM  	: 0:2047:1
GPU_STOKES  	: Total_Intensity
GPU_RF4  	: 500   500
GPU_DDCLO4  	: 0.0000  0.0000
GPU_SB4  	: 1 1
GCODE4  	: 32_083
GPU_BEAM_1  	: IA
GPU_BEAM_2  	: PA
GPU_BEAM_3  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_4  	: OFF
GPU_BM_INT  	: 8
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# GWB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 W01 W02 Total=19
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 W01 W02 Total=19
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 W01 W02 Total=19
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 W01 W02 Total=19

# GSB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 W01 W02 Total=19
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 W01 W02 Total=19
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 W01 W02 Total=19
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 W01 W02 Total=19



15:55 : Started power eq @ 250 counts for GSB and 150 counts for GWB.
16:08:44 : Started scan on 0837-198 for ~ 4.5634 min.
16:13:37 : Started scan on 0837-198 for ~ 2.2817 min.
16:18:54 : Started scan on J0520-2553 for ~ 5.23449 min.
16:25:24 : Started scan on J0514-4002A for ~ 33.0175 min.
16:40 : Noticed that Online Stopped working @ 16:28, Not accepting any commands, completed source manually.
16:58:33 : Started scan on J0514-4002A for ~ 4.16075 min.

17:20 : Stopped observation, due to online failure.