GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 12/07/2017
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9568
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, Pramod
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/32_083/obs.cmd
9. LTA File : /gwbifrdata/12jul/32_083_12jul2017_gwb.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/32_010.FLAGS.3

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 : RawDump
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 : IA
23. ACQ BW : 16.666666 MHz
24. Final BW : 0 MHz; Step # 0
25. Maximum Channels : 256
26. Channel Numbers : 0:255:1
27. LO5 -1  : 138
28. LO5 -2  : 167

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) :
C06 : 130 pol Low fringe in GWB
W03 : Strong RFI
C12 : 2,10,14 MCM time out.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 12 Jul 2017 08:00:00 - 12 Jul 2017 09:26:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Shivneri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
08:00 : Started set up.

------------GWB Setting---------
GPU_MODE  	: Realtime
GPU_LTA  	: 4
GPU_ACQ_BW  	: 200.0000
GPU_FINAL_BW  	: 200.0000
GPU_EDGE_FRQ  	: 0
GPU_CHAN_MAX  	: 2048
GPU_CHAN_NUM  	: 0:2047:1
GPU_STOKES  	: Total_Intensity
GPU_SIDEBAND  	: 1 1
GPU_RF4  	: 500  500
GPU_DDCLO4  	: 0.0000  0.0000
GPU_SB4  	: 1 1
GCODE4  	: 32_083
GPU_CNTRL  	: ONLINE
GPU_FSTOP  	: ON
GPU_BEAM_1  	: PA
GPU_BEAM_2  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_3  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_4  	: OFF
GPU_BM_INT  	: 8
GPU_GAINEQ  	: ON
GPU_TPA  	: From GWB GUI.
GPU_BITS  	: 64 inputs.
GPU_FILRFI  	: RFI Filterring OFF
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# GWB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C08 C09 C10 C11 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S03 W01 W02 Total=18
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C08 C09 C10 C11 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S03 W01 W02 Total=18
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C08 C09 C10 C11 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S03 W01 W02 Total=18
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C08 C09 C10 C11 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S03 W01 W02 Total=18

08:13 : Power equalized and phasing done on 3C48.
08:20 : Started command file.
  /odisk/gtac/cmd/32_083/obs.cmd
09:26 : Stopped command file and observation session is over.