JD: 00-152                             DoW:  TUE /WED                 UTC
Date:  31MAY2000        

SUMMARY:                                 No Storms, Low Clouds, No Operations

TLE PREDICTION:                     [ 0.16]  0.2 chance of TLEs; 0.8 chance
of viewing 
RESULTS:                                        n/a     
LESSONS:                                     
PERSONNEL:                                Lyons, Nelson, Fossum, Nordem,
Gerken, Trabucco

STEPS  STATUS:                           On Standby for operations. LMA
operational

YRFS OPERATION LOGS:       Lack of storms within range, then low clouds and
fogged blocked view.


Photodiode reconfigured but not yet field tested. New trigger for data
acquisition system built. Working on problem with GPS trigger for data
acquisition system.

STEPS OPERATIONS:                Standby
                                
KEY RESULTS :                                   

Total TLEs from Yucca Ridge This Campaign:            140
                                
EQUIPMENT:
FMA             
Red Xybion (A)-Patrol:                   0 tapes
Sony TRV900 3CCD:                      0 tapes (shot time lapse of clouds
during day)
JVC KY-19:                                     shoot daytime TL/STEPS Cam
(to ESE);
Pulnix CCD:                                     shoot various TL scenes         
Photodiode:                                      lens mated to original
unit, tested with strobe
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:                                   0 maps    
NLDN Archive:                               0 saves
MRC Data Acquisition:                    working on new trigger
FMA Data Acquisition:                    not available          
Thunder Mic:                                    available
LANL Tracker:                                 OK                        
Red  Xybion (B)-Zoom;                   0 tapes
Red Xybion (C)-Tele:                       0 tapes
Blue Xybion(D)-zoom:                     0 tapes
Mountain Cam:                                 nominal
STEPS Cam:                                     nominal
Shure Mic:                                        OK
NEXRAD Archive:                          OK-revised scrips
GOES Archive:                                OK-revised scrips
RUC2 Archive:                                OK                 
                
STANFORD/STAR LAB:
Telescope                                          OK
LLTV                                                OK
ELF/VLF                                          OK

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY:        not present               
                                
MIT ELF:                                         problems with vertical
antenna, Vadim working on problem
FUELLEKRUG ELF:                    says 80% operational
ISRAELI ELF:                                 nominal    


Walter A. Lyons, Ph.D., CCM             walyons@frii.com
FMA Research, Inc.                      www.FMA-Research.com
Yucca Ridge Field Station               970-568-7664 (voice)
46050 Weld County Road 13               970-482-8627 (fax)
Fort COllins, CO 80524                  970-690-0422 (PCS)