GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 15/11/2017
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9868
3. Observer : Poonam Chandra, atrideb Chatterjee
4. Observer's Email : poonam@ncra.tifr.res.in, atrideb@ncra.tifr.res.in
5. Project Name : SN 2006jd - study of late time radio emission at metre wavelengths with the GMRT
6. Project Code : 33_080
7. Operator(s) : Deepak, Nilesh, Pramod, Shilpa
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/poonam/33_080/15Nov/obs.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/15nov/33_080_15nov2017.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/33_080.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 : Realtime
16. GSB LTA : 8
17. GSB CTRL : ONLINE
18. GSB Fstop : ON
19. GAIN EQ : ON
20. Stokes : Full_Stokes
21. Beam - 1 : OFF
22. Beam - 2 : OFF
23. ACQ BW : 33.333333 MHz
24. Final BW : 0 MHz; Step # 0
25. Maximum Channels : 256
26. Channel Numbers : 0:255:1
27. LO5 -1  : 149
28. LO5 -2  : 156

29. Frequency Parameters (TPA) : 306 306 255 255 51 51
30. Integration Time : 16.1061 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :28

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
W01 : Feed Jammed
C04 : MCM 5 time out

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 15 Nov 2017 03:00:00 - 15 Nov 2017 09:07:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :28

37. Comments (During Observations) :
03:00 : Started set up.
03:11 : Started scan on 3C48.
03:22 : Stopped scan and started command file.
        '/odisk/gtac/cmd/poonam/33_080/15Nov/obs.cmd'
08:45 : Stopped command file.

08:52 : Started scan on 3C286.
        All antennas shows strong RFI.
09:07 : Stopped scan and observing session over.