GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 05/11/2017
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9835
3. Observer : Jayanta Roy, Paul Ray, Bhaswati Bhattacharyya, Ben Stappers, Jayaram Narayanan Chengalur, Sanjay S. Kudale, Tyrel J. Johnson
4. Observer's Email : jroy@ncra.tifr.res.in, paul.ray@nrl.navy.mil, bhaswati@ncra.tifr.res.in, Ben.Stappers@manchester.ac.uk, chengalur@ncra.tifr.res.in, ksanjay@gmrt.ncra.tifr.res.in, tyrel.j.johnson@gmail.com
5. Project Name : Long-term timing follow-up for the third transitional redback millisecond pulsar J1227-4853
6. Project Code : 33_058
7. Operator(s) : Surender
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/33_058_5nov.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/05nov/33_058_05nov2017.lta, /gwbifrdata2/05nov/33_058_05nov2017_gwb.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/33_058.FLAGS.1

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 : 4+14 dB, 32 MHz,ON, IF-CH2 : 4+14 dB, 32 MHz,ON

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 :27

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
C14 : : Taken for Painting.
W05 : : Feed jammed.
S06 : : 175 pol low fringe.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 05 Nov 2017 10:00:00 - 05 Nov 2017 11:10:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
09:00 : Started set-up.
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# GSB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 W01 W02 W03 Total=21
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 W01 W02 W03 Total=21
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 W01 W02 W03 Total=21
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 W01 W02 W03 Total=21
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# GWB GAC.
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# BEAM-3:130 :: C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 W02 W03 Total=17
# BEAM-3:175 :: C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 W02 W03 Total=17
# BEAM-4:130 :: C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 W02 W03 Total=17
# BEAM-4:175 :: C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 S02 S03 W02 W03 Total=17

09:21:45 : Started scan on 1154-350 for ~ 4.16075 min.
09:26:04 : Power eq and phasing done on 1154-350.
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09:32:16 : Started /odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/33_058_5nov.cmd  command file.
11:00:00 : Stopped command file and observing session over.