GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 02/07/2017
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9537
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) : Pramod
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/32_035_2july.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/02jul/32_035_02jul2017.lta, /gwbifrdata1/02jul/32_035_02jul2017_750lo.lta, /gwbifrdata1/02jul/32_035_02jul2017_550lo.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/PNTG.FLAGS.2395

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
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) :
E03 : LO fringe.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 02 Jul 2017 04:00:00 - 02 Jul 2017 05:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Shivneri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
04:00 :  Started set up.
04:45 : Power equalized and phasing done on 3C48.

# GWB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-3:130 :: C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E05 E06 S02 S03 S06 W01 W02 W03 W06 Total=23
# BEAM-3:175 :: C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E05 E06 S02 S03 S06 W01 W02 W03 W06 Total=23
# BEAM-4:130 :: C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S02 S03 W01 W02 W03 Total=19
# BEAM-4:175 :: C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S02 S03 W01 W02 W03 Total=19

# GSB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S01 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 W06 Total=30
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S01 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 W06 Total=30
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 S01 S02 S03 W01 W02 W03 Total=23
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 S01 S02 S03 W01 W02 W03 Total=23


05:00 : Stared command file.
 '/odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/32_035_2july.cmd'
07:00 : Stopped command file and observation session is over.