New Mexico Tech Sferic Data
Acquisition History for June, 2000

Universal Date/Time
Trigger Blocks
Fast Antenna
JDay Date Time Start/Stop Gain Pre Post threshold outputt DC Comments
158 06-Jun 23:19:00 Start 7 20 40 200 x10 100 2048 Ops Center: CHILL & SPOL scanning storm over Yuma County (to NW)
159 07-Jun 1:12:54 Shut off power to INTF racks; lost log-RF (see notes)
1:27:00 Stop Ready to switch to INTF mode (log-RF repaired)
161 09-Jun 21:34:00 Start 7 20 40 300 x10 100 2048 A storm is producing only +CGs
23:02:00 Stop Switching to INTF mode...
23:27:30 Start 7 20 40 300 x10 100 2048 More severe storms...
162 10-Jun 1:34:00 Stop
163 11-Jun 21:25:40 Start 7 20 40 300 x10 100 2048 Severe storms about to develop...
22:17:57 Stop Switching to INTF mode...
165 13-Jun 1:40:30 Start 7 20 40 300 x10 100 2048 Tornado warning just issued for Sheridan County, Kansas
2:57:41 "Stop" DSPs hung at this time
171 19-Jun 21:09:39 Start 7 10 30 200 x10 100 2048
21:10:45 "Stop" DSP hung
21:16:15 Start 7 10 30 180 x10 100 2048
21:30:08 "Stop" DSP hung
21:54:10 Start 7 10 30 180 x10 100 2048
21:58:46 "Stop" DSP hung
172 20-Jun 3:02:05 Start 7 20 80 280 x10 100 2048
3:06:00 Stop
3:08:32 Start 7 20 80 200 x10 100 2048
3:11:45 "Stop" DSPs hung (see notes)
3:13:38 Start 7 20 80 200 x10 100 2048
3:40:00 Stop
5:19:20 Start 7 20 80 180 x10 100 2048
7:16:00 Stop No visibility for sprite observations.
174 22-Jun 23:27:00 Start 6 20 60 80 x10 100 2048
23:51:20 Stop
175 23-Jun 4:00:10 Start 7 20 80 160 x10 100 2048 MCS to N and E of LMA is producing sprites (seen at YRFS)
4:23:50 Stop Need to cover closer storm with interferometer
4:47:30 Start 6 20 80 600 x100 100 2048 Too much DC on SA to use G7 (due to close weakly electrified cells)
5:01:05 Stop
5:01:22 Start 5 300
5:01:40 Stop Constant triggering (oops)
5:02:40 Start 5 550
5:06:05 Stop
5:06:12 Start 6 600
5:15:00 Stop
5:16:50 Start 7 20 80 160 x10 100 2048
5:48:25 Stop
5:48:50 Start 6 Desensitized because of big -DC displacement (see notes)
5:49:50 Stop Switching to INTF mode (~overhead? IC only moments earlier)
6:06:40 Start 7 20 80 160 x10 100 2048 Covering sprite-producing MCS again (close activity has ceased)
8:22:05 Stop No more sprites
176 24-Jun 3:22:20 Start 7 20 80 180 x10 100 2048
3:30:29 "Stop" DSPs hung (see notes)
3:37:56 Start 7 20 80 180 x10 100 2048 GPS not locked until ~15 seconds later
3:57:55 "Stop" DSPs hung again
3:59:37 Start 7 20 80 180 x10 100 2048 GSP not locked until ~10 secs later
4:09:15 Stop Disk is almost full
4:17:24 Start Resuming
4:34:20 "Stop" 2180 Accidentally raised threshold by wrong units (too high)
4:34:32 "Start" 180
4:35:10 240
4:45:00 Stop Disk ~full
177 25-Jun 20:10:00 Start 7 30 50 200 x10 100 2048 Storms are ~distant. SA data is noisy due to rain and wind.
22:00:00 Stop

Last Modified By: Mark Stanley (stanley@ibis.nmt.edu )
Last Modified On: Monday, March 26, 2001  21:31:16