GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 16/08/2017
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9679
3. Observer : Elliott Polzin, Bhaswati Bhattacharyya, Rene Breton, Andrew Lyne, Mallory Roberts, Ben Stappers
4. Observer's Email : elliott.polzin@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk, bhaswati.bhattacharyya@manchester.ac.uk, rene.breton@manchester.ac.uk, andrew.lyne@manchester.ac.uk, malloryr@gmail.com, Ben.Stappers@manchester.ac.uk
5. Project Name : %latex% Determining the phenomena behind the flux variations of binary PSRs B1718$-$19 and J1744$-$3922
6. Project Code : 32_045
7. Operator(s) : Deepak, Nilesh, Rupsing
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/32_045_15aug.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata/15aug/32_045_15aug2017_suba2.lta, /gsbifrdata1/15aug/32_045_15aug2017_suba4.lta, /gwbifrdata1/15aug/32_045_550_15aug2017_gwb.lta, /gwbifrdata1/15aug/32_045_1460_15aug2017_gwb.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/32_045B.FLAGS, /odisk/online1/logflags/32_045.FLAGS.3

ANTENNA SETTINGS :

11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 1454 MHz ,RF2 : 1454 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB
12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 1505 MHz, ILO2 : 1505MHz , IVLO1 : 51 MHz, IVLO2 : 51 MHz 
13. IF Attn(dB) , IF BW(MHz) & IF ALC : IF-CH1 : 20+14 dB, 32 MHz,OFF, IF-CH2 : 20+14 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 : PA
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) : 1454 1454 1505 1505 51 51
30. Integration Time : 2.0132 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :29

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
S02  : No Self power and no fringe @ GWB.
33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 15 Aug 2017 20:05:00 - 16 Aug 2017 06:10:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Shivneri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
20:00 : Started settings.

------------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_RF2  	: 550  550
GPU_DDCLO2  	: 0.0000  0.0000
GPU_SB2  	: -1 -1
GCODE2  	: 32_045B
GPU_RF4  	: 1460  1460
GPU_DDCLO4  	: 0.0000  0.0000
GPU_SB4  	: 1 1
GCODE4  	: 32_045
GPU_FSTOP  	: ON
GPU_BEAM_1  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_2  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_3  	: PA
GPU_BEAM_4  	: PA
GPU_BM_INT  	: 4
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20:30 : Started power eq @ 300 counts for GSB and 150 counts for GWB.
20:40 : Started phasing.

21:05 : Phasing done, Started command file.

# GWB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-3:130 :: C02 C03 C05 C09 C10 C11 E02 W01 Total=8
# BEAM-3:175 :: C02 C03 C05 C09 C10 C11 E02 W01 Total=8
# BEAM-4:130 :: C00 C01 C04 C06 C08 C12 C13 C14 E03 E04 E05 E06 S01 S03 S04 W02 W03 W04 W05 Total=19
# BEAM-4:175 :: C00 C01 C04 C06 C08 C12 C13 C14 E03 E04 E05 E06 S01 S03 S04 W02 W03 W04 W05 Total=19

# GSB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C02 C03 C05 C09 C10 C11 E02 W01 Total=8
# BEAM-1:175 :: C02 C03 C05 C09 C10 C11 E02 W01 Total=8
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C04 C06 C08 C12 C13 C14 E03 E04 E05 E06 S01 S02 S03 S04 W02 W03 W04 W05 Total=20
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C04 C06 C08 C12 C13 C14 E03 E04 E05 E06 S01 S02 S03 S04 W02 W03 W04 W05 Total=20


20:37:32 : Started scan on 2202+422 for ~ 3.35544 min.
20:42:08 : Started scan on 2202+422 for ~ 3.85876 min.
20:47:12 : Started scan on 2052+365 for ~ 1.81194 min.
20:49:26 : Started scan on 2052+365 for ~ 6.27467 min.
20:55:55 : Started scan on 2052+365 for ~ 4.22785 min.
21:00:25 : Started scan on 2052+365 for ~ 2.51658 min.
21:06:03 : Started scan on 2052+365 for ~ 2.08037 min.
21:09:28 : Started scan on J2215+5135 for ~ 90.4291 min.
22:41:34 : Started scan on 2052+365 for ~ 2.31525 min.
22:44:03 : Started scan on 2052+365 for ~ 2.01326 min.
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00:30:00 : Stopped command file due to sndsacsrc command fail(suba 2).
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00:45:00 : Restarted command file
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Node49 and node50 : raw2 data is junk.
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05:38 : Stopped command file due to phase cal set
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05:45 : Phasing on 3C48
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05:49 : Restarted command file
06:04 : Stopped command file observation closed.