JD: 00-145          DoW:  TUE/WED		UTC Date:  24MAY2000

SUMMARY:            No Weather.  Continue Setting Up Equipment.Auroroa

YRFS OPS SUMMARY:	Continuing with equipment set up, check out and
testing. STEPSCam on line, along with forecast and nowcast links.
Finalizing STEPS website upgrades. Stanford continues to set up RF
recordings, telescope and VCRs. After sunset, widespread diffuse aurora in
north and northeast sky. Mostly green, some hints of red. Reached to 45
degrees or higher. Visible till well after midnight. Also shot an hour of
red Xybion time lapse of aorora (0415-0515Z). Interval timed with Sony CCD
on image integration until sunrise. No hiss heard on the VLF.

STEPS OPERATIONS:	Some problems with LMA overheating being resolved. T-1
line is intermittent at OPS center. All other systems nominal.


Total TLEs from Yucca Ridge This Campaign: 	0


KEY RESULTS:        can get moderately bright aurora with Sony CCD.

TLE PREDICTION:     No deep convective clouds or storms in High Plains
RESULTS:            N/A
LESSONS:			
PERSONNEL:          Lyons, Nelson, Fossum, Nordem, Trabuco, Gerken

STEPS  STATUS:      Continue set up and check out. No operations

FMA EQUIPMENT:
Red LLTV (A)-Patrol:tested, working
Sony TRV900 3CCD:   daytime TL (to north); night TL of aurora & sunrise (to NE) 
JVC KY-19:          shoot daytime TL/STEPS Cam (to ESE)
Pulnix CCD:         shoot various TL scenes
Photodiode:         completed, not tested
Winckler PMT:       available
GPS:                OK
WWV Source:         OK
VLF Inspire:        OK
ELF N-S:            not available
ELF E-W:            not available
NLDN Live:          OK	
NLDN Paper:         available
NLDN Archive:       none saved
MRC Data Acq:       not available
FMA Data Acq:       not available
Thunder Mic:        available
LANL Tracker:       working
Red LLTV (B)-Zoom:  working
Red LLTV (C)-Tele:  working
Blue LLTV (D)-zoom: working, excellent images
Mountain Cam:       nominal
STEPS Cam:          nominal
Shure Mic:          OK
NEXRAD Archive:     OK
GOES Archive:       OK
RUC2 Archive:       OK

STANFORD/STAR LAB:
Telescope:          setting up
LLTV:               setting up
ELF/VLF:            setting up

UTAH STATE:         not present

MIT ELF:            nominal
ISRAELI ELF:        nominal