GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 29/12/2017
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9990
3. Observer : Eileen T Meyer, Preeti Kharb, Mary Keenan
4. Observer's Email : eileen.meyer@gmail.com, preeti.kharb@gmail.com, mkeenan1@umbc.edu
5. Project Name : The Jet Speed - Power Connection in Radio-Loud AGN
6. Project Code : 33_018
7. Operator(s) : Navnath, Pramod, Sachin, Shilpa
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/33_018/29dec17/obs_s3.cmd,, /odisk/gtac/cmd/33_018/29dec17/obs_s4.cmd,, /odisk/gtac/cmd/33_018/29dec17/obs_s1.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/29dec/33_018_29dec2017_s4.lta, /gsbifrdata1/29dec/33_018_29dec2017_s1.lta, /gsbifrdata1/29dec/33_018_29dec2017.lta, /gwbifrdata1/29dec/33_018_29dec2017_s4_gwb.lta, /gwbifrdata1/29dec/33_018_29dec2017_s1_gwb.lta, /gwbifrdata1/29dec/33_018_29dec2017_500lo_gwb.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/33_018.FLAGS.1

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_lenyadri
15. GSB Mode : Realtime
16. GSB LTA : 8
17. GSB CTRL : ONLINE
18. GSB Fstop : ON
19. GAIN EQ : ON
20. Stokes : Total_Intensity
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 : 8.053 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :28

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
W06 : Taken for servo work.
E03 : RFI

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 29 Dec 2017 06:00:00 - 29 Dec 2017 23:02:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
------------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  	: 33_018
GPU_CNTRL  	: ONLINE
GPU_FSTOP  	: ON
GPU_BEAM_1  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_2  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_3  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_4  	: OFF
GPU_BM_INT  	: 128
GPU_GAINEQ  	: OFF
GPU_TPA  	: From GWB GUI.
GPU_BITS  	: 64 inputs.
GPU_FILRFI  	: RFI Filterring OFF
GPU_BEAM_S  	: OFF
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05:45 : Started set up.
06:04 : Started scan on 3C286.
06:14 : Stopped scan and started command file.
        '/odisk/gtac/cmd/33_018/29dec17/obs_s3.cmd'
09:05 : E06 taken for painting.
09:26 : C12 and C14 taken for maintenance.
10:26 : C12 started working.
10:54 : C14 started working.
11:21 : W05 taken for painting.

12:00 : Started command file
        '/odisk/gtac/cmd/33_018/29dec17/obs_s4.cmd'
15:56 : W05 and W06 started working.
17:06 : E06 started working.
17:45 : Stopped command file.

17:48 : Started scan on 3C468.1 for 12min. 
18:08 : '/odisk/gtac/cmd/33_018/29dec17/obs_s1.cmd' command file started.
22:48 : Stopped command file.

22:50 : Started scan on 3C48.
23:02 : Stopped scan and observing session over.