GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 11/05/2017
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9378
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) : Navnath, Sachin
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/32_083/11may17.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata/11may/32_083_11may2017_325.lta, /gwbifrdata/11may/32_083_11may2017_500.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/PNTG.FLAGS.2332

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 : 24+24 dB, 32 MHz,OFF, IF-CH2 : 4+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) : 306 306 255 255 51 51
30. Integration Time : 8.053 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 : : Structural Repairing.
W03 : : Mech Work.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 11 May 2017 16:00:00 - 11 May 2017 17:13:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
16:00 : Started setup for both GWB and GSB.
16:10 : Started phasing and power eq.

gsb_gac.dat
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# GSB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=17
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=17
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=17
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=17
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gwb_gac.dat
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# GWB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=17
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=17
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=17
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=17

16:16:28 : Started scan on 0440-435 for ~ 2.81857 min.
16:19:27 : Started scan on 0440-435 for ~ 1.47639 min.
16:24:34 : Started scan on J0520-2553 for ~ 3.22122 min.
16:28:55 : Started scan on J0514-4002A for ~ 40.1311 min.
17:10:15 : Started scan on J0520-2553 for ~ 2.95279 min.
17:13 : Observation session over.
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