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Posts Made By: John Love

August 24, 2004 05:49 PM Forum: Star Parties

Eldorado Star Party

Posted By John Love
I went last year and the sky is pretty dark. There are a few small light bubbles. One to the north-east one to the south-east and a small one to the west. The air is pretty dry so ther is not a lot of reflection. The road is very close by but they have installed a light fence which was fairly effective. There is also little traffic late at night. The scope field was new last year and had little grass, but they expected to have some grass rooted by this year to keep the dust down. The showers were a little spartan, but that is to be improved. The food was good and it was nice not to have to cook. The picture was made on Thursday before many people arrived. There is a lot of room for growth.

Overall a great star-party.

August 30, 2004 02:25 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Scope Trailers

Posted By John Love
This is my "scope hauler". I have used it to transport various scopes. This shot was from the Okie-Tex starparty which is about 8 hours from home. The trailer has a "topper" used by many phone companies for small service trucks. The side doors make it easy to get to equipment. I have shelves that attach to the side below the doors where I set up computers for imaging. It is also a good place to crash when the scopes are out. 8)

September 2, 2004 05:34 PM Forum: Astro Binoculars

RA-88-SA Binoculars

Posted By John Love
I just got my 88s and I will have them at the Okie-Tex starparty if anyone wants to check them out. My initial tests look like these are "keepers".

September 13, 2004 06:25 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

The Proper use of a Newtonian Telescope.

Posted By John Love
Here is another one. What is rolled into those cigarettes?

September 17, 2004 05:36 PM Forum: DVDs and Music and Books That You Recommend

Favorite movie lines

Posted By John Love
"Revenge is a dish, best served cold."

From The Wrath of Kahn and some British military commander before that.


John

September 27, 2004 05:47 PM Forum: Star Parties

The Ultimate Star Party

Posted By John Love
The light pollution maps show OTSP and TSP to be darker, but I have heard that the air in cloudcroft is very transparent so there is little reflection of light from the nearby towns.

October 5, 2004 05:30 PM Forum: Ham and Shortwave Radio

Ham Radio at Star Parties

Posted By John Love
I plan to take my vintage FT-7 to Okie-Tex. I am still working on an antenna since there are not many places to tie up a long wire. We will have 2 meter radios as well. 146.54 simplex.

John WD5IKX aka CCD-FREAK

October 6, 2004 05:33 PM Forum: Ham and Shortwave Radio

Ham Radio at Star Parties

Posted By John Love
We have a group of astro-hams that use the 92 machine in Denton, TX to "talk shop". We also have a Yahoo group called "Star-Gazers" where we set up star parties and the like. We have a lot of fun, but we need more clear weather.

John WD5IKX aka CCD-FREAK

October 19, 2004 09:24 PM Forum: Astro Binoculars

Apogee RA-88s/Hercules Mount

Posted By John Love
This is how I mounted my RA-88s. An old SCT mount and some ATM spirit and "presto". Encoders and DSC are next on the list. I might even try to find an old LX-200 mount for drives and GOTO operation.

October 25, 2004 09:19 PM Forum: Astro Binoculars

What mount do you use?

Posted By John Love
I mounted my RA-88s on a Meade fork from an old 8" SCT. It gives nice slow motion controls and i will be putting encoders and DSC on it soon.

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