GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 10/05/2017
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9375
3. Observer : Joseph Karl Swiggum, Megan DeCesar, Kevin Stovall, David Kaplan, Ingrid Stairs, Scott M. Ransom, Mallory Roberts, Joeri vanLeeuwen, Yogesh Maan, Maura Ann McLaughlin, Jason WilliamThomas Hessels, Victoria Kaspi
4. Observer's Email : swiggumj@uwm.edu, megandecesar@gmail.com, stovall.kevin@gmail.com, kaplan@uwm.edu, stairs@astro.ubc.ca, sransom@nrao.edu, malloryr@gmail.com, leeuwen@astron.nl, maan@astron.nl, maura.mclaughlin@mail.wvu.edu, hessels@astron.nl, vkaspi@physics.mcgill.ca
5. Project Name : Localization and Timing of 34 Pulsars Discovered in the GBNCC Survey
6. Project Code : 32_075
7. Operator(s) : Pramod
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/32_075/10may17/obs.txt
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/10may/32_075_10may2017.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/32_075.FLAGS.5

ANTENNA SETTINGS :

11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 591 MHz ,RF2 : 591 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB
12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 540 MHz, ILO2 : 540MHz , IVLO1 : 51 MHz, IVLO2 : 51 MHz 
13. IF Attn(dB) , IF BW(MHz) & IF ALC : IF-CH1 : 24+4 dB, 32 MHz,OFF, IF-CH2 : 24+4 dB, 32 MHz,OFF

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) : 591 591 540 540 51 51
30. Integration Time : 16.1061 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :29

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
C14 : Taken for mechanical work.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 10 May 2017 08:00:00 - 10 May 2017 09:20:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Shivneri

36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :29

37. Comments (During Observations) :
07:45 : Started set up.

# GSB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 E04 E05 S01 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 W06 Total=28
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 E04 E05 S01 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 W06 Total=28
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=19
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=19

08:04 : Power equalized and phasing done.
08:06:31 : Started scan on 3C48 for ~ 1.87905 min.
08:14:59 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 2.41592 min.
08:22 : Started command file.
 '/odisk/gtac/cmd/32_075/10may17/obs.txt'
09:14 : Stopped command file and observation session is over.