Observing Guide for Pulsars on the Lovell 76m

Jon Bell, Andrew Lyne, Christine Jordan, Bob Pritchard & Tim Ikin

• Introduction and Overview
• Wiring the Hardware
  • Down conversion
  • Front of the Racks
  • Back of the Racks
• Setting up the Chart Recorder
• Focusing the Telescope
• Help with the VMS Operating system
• Determine Pointing Offsets
• Calibrate the System Temperature
• Timing Software Setup
• Searching Software Setup
• Using Display to Assess the Search Data Quality
• Transfer of Timing data from Arthur to the Unix machines
• Example Timing Parameter Files
  • 1400 MHz (Timing)
  • 600 MHz (Timing)
  • 400 MHz (Timing)
• Example MSP Timing Parameter Files
  • 1400 MHz (MSP)
  • 600 MHz (MSP)
  • 400 MHz (MSP)
• Example Searching Parameter Files
  • 1400 MHz (Search)
  • 600 MHz (Search)
  • 400 MHz (Search)
• Example Search List
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