New Mexico Tech Video Log
for June, 2000

Universal Date/Time
JDay Date Time Start/Stop Camera Lens Orientation Comments
172 20-Jun 5:14:40 Start Xybion 1 12.5 mm East
5:18:00 Stop Xybion 1 No UT time (VME was just power-cycled)
5:19:23 Start Xybion 1 Sferics recording was started only seconds earlier
5:50 Swapped cameras
5:51 Xybion 2 25 mm (fixed)
5:52:50 Xybion 2 Dropped elevation (EL) slightly
6:18:40 Xybion 2 Azimuth (AZ) increased
7:17:00 Stop Xybion 2 Too much cloud cover
175 23-Jun 6:58:56 Start Xybion 1 12.5 mm ? Sprites being observed above an MCS
~7:22 Xybion 1 Increased AZ
8:22:00 Stop Xybion 1 No more sprites
176 24-Jun 3:22:30 Start Xybion 1 12.5 mm ?
3:53:20 Xybion 1 Increased intensifier gain slightly
3:56:56 Xybion 1 Increased intensifier gain slightly
4:02:43 Stop Xybion 1 End of tape
4:03:36 Start Xybion 1 New tape
5:20:00 Stop Xybion 1
177 25-Jun 3:33:20 Start Xybion 1 12.5 mm NE Storm (MCS) to NE at ~close range. Lightning is very active.
3:49:20 Xybion 1 Increase AZ and EL
4:08:58 Start RCA color
4:16:10 Xybion 1 Increase AZ and EL
4:16:20 RCA color Decrease EL
4:20:25 Stop Xybion 1 End of tape
4:20:45 Start Xybion 1 New tape
4:27:00 Xybion 1 Disconnect Xybion BNC
4:27:10 Xybion 1 Reconnect Xybion BNC
4:28 Xybion 1 BNC @!# don't work - reconnect...
4:30:40-50 Xybion 1 Try again...
4:34:28 Xybion 1 Power off Xybion
4:34:59 Xybion 1 Power on
4:35 Xybion 1 Adjust EL Adjust focus of 12.5 mm lens
4:38:00 Xybion 1 Looking above storms ...and increased sensitivity
4:43:12 Xybion 1 Decrease intensifier gain
4:46:15 RCA color Increase AZ
4:46:30 Xybion 1 Decrease intensifier gain
5:16-17 Xybion 1 Incr. AZ to ~60 & decr. EL
5:19:00 Xybion 1 Drop EL a little more
5:23:15 RCA color Increase AZ
6:01:00 Stop Xybion 1 Lightning has ceased
6:01:00 Stop RCA color
6:05:40 Start Xybion 1 East Looking toward new cell just E of Goodland
~6:15:00 Xybion 1 NNW Flash rate >2 per second
6:28:15 Xybion 1 Decrease intensifier gain
6:28:35 Stop Xybion 1 End of tape
6:29:35 Start Xybion 1 New tape
6:36:45 Xybion 1 Increase AZ
6:58:30 Xybion 1 Increase AZ to just W of N
7:10:00 Stop Xybion 1 YRFS also closing down. Storms are too small.

Last Modified By: Mark Stanley (stanley@ibis.nmt.edu )
Last Modified On: Monday, March 26, 2001  21:32:12