I sort of hesitate to post this since the Tennessee Vols are about to start whooping up on the hated Gators but I've got the setups out in the front yard if...
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Paul LeFevre
welltraveled...
Dec 3, 2001 6:00 pm
OK, I got a little wild and crazy, with the full moon and the rain... I ordered a 200-foot spool of nichrome heating wire (4.25 ohm/foot) to make dew heaters...
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Curt Wittenberg
cuwitt
Dec 3, 2001 6:10 pm
Paul, I am game! Thanks for the offer. Glad to pay or trade or something. I have been dying for a dew removal setup but have had little idea how to set it...
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Andy Mail
buiscuitologist
Dec 3, 2001 6:36 pm
Nichrome can also be used as a styrofoam cutter. Just build a frame, string the nichrome over the open end, and you can cut out whatever shape your heart...
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Paul LeFevre
welltraveled...
Dec 3, 2001 8:41 pm
... Well...the nichrome is "bare wire" so you have to insulate it somehow to keep it from touching itself, any other metal objects, getting wet, etc. You can...
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Curt Wittenberg
cuwitt
Dec 3, 2001 9:30 pm
Paul, Thanks for all the info. I'm pretty good at the higher math involved for this type of thing I just don't know what to do with the output of the...
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Curt Wittenberg
cuwitt
Dec 3, 2001 9:57 pm
... I don't know if the kendrick system is more efficient but they have a nice table that tells what amperage each of their heaters draw. They recommend 0.33A...
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Paul LeFevre
welltraveled...
Dec 3, 2001 10:10 pm
... Curt, be careful about confusing Amps and Watts...;-) 0.33 Amps is the current draw. At 12 volts, that provides 3.96 watts, just about the 4 I recommended...
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Curt Wittenberg
cuwitt
Dec 3, 2001 10:26 pm
... Oh yeah, Watts are a unit of power (I should at least remember that :^) Sorry, I'll redo my arithmetic. I told you its not the calculations its the...
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donald_clement@...
donald_clement
Dec 4, 2001 3:03 am
... rain... ... to make dew heaters for my TV-85 and little Orion 102mm Mak-Cass. This stuff is pretty neat, very flexible (I put it inside two strips of...
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Paul LeFevre
welltraveled...
Dec 4, 2001 3:24 am
... Hmm, that's where I picked up my Nichrome, Omega Engineering ;-) Oh, well, I guess we have plenty of supply for any TAC-South dew projects now, huh? ...
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Nanz Family
nanzfamily
Dec 6, 2001 7:01 pm
Sorry for the exploitation of this list but... I am selling my house (s). Both are fairly inexpensive, in Escondido, and near I15. They are not ideal observing...
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Curt Wittenberg
cuwitt
Dec 6, 2001 7:05 pm
We will have to rename ourselves TA&RC (The Astronomy and Real Estate Connection)....
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astrodanco
Dec 7, 2001 12:23 am
... Bob, where are you moving to? - Dan...
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Curt Wittenberg
cuwitt
Dec 7, 2001 1:12 am
http://cleardarksky.com/c/SanDiegokey.html Too good to be true?...
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Nanz Family
nanzfamily
Dec 7, 2001 1:45 am
I do not know yet but it probably will not be very far. Bob...
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BA
odd_stray
Dec 7, 2001 6:15 am
As we walked back, around 5:30, from our unsuccessful attempt to see the Endeavor/ISS flyover, we could see something (Capella?) bright but twinkling like mad...
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Curt Wittenberg
cuwitt
Dec 7, 2001 6:26 am
... Was out with my scope around 7:30 to 9:30. Clear but very dewy here at the coast. Stars twinkling some. Seeing good enough for about 100X on Jupiter and...
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Paul LeFevre
welltraveled...
Dec 7, 2001 4:35 pm
... Clear it was (and probably will be again tonight), but BA is right -- the seeing was terrible. I popped the scope out last night, hoping to see the gas...
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Curt Wittenberg
cuwitt
Dec 7, 2001 4:38 pm
... And I was totally dewed out. Really need that dew heater :(...
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Nanz Family
nanzfamily
Dec 7, 2001 6:02 pm
I am up for either night. The turn out? Culp Valley? The trail head on s22 for the Pacific Crest Trail? ...The moon does not come up until quite late. Bob...
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Paul LeFevre
welltraveled...
Dec 7, 2001 10:16 pm
... I'm afraid it's back yard for me tonight, but tomorrow... The turn out doesn't seem too appealing because 1)there probably won't be any marine layer to...
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Nanz Family
nanzfamily
Dec 7, 2001 11:13 pm
The trail head might be a good spot and it is in an area that I would like to try. It is on the south side of s22 about 1 mile (or two) past the junction of...
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astrotho
Dec 8, 2001 12:45 am
Bob, This sounds like a very interesting spot, so I might be game if you're going there Saturday night. I like the fact that it's higher elevation, so seeing...
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Nanz Family
nanzfamily
Dec 8, 2001 2:04 am
Not to sure yet when I am going. Probably about 4:30. I think the spot is just a few miles south of Los Coyotes (as the crow flies). It is a very easy drive...
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astrodanco
Dec 8, 2001 10:11 pm
... spot is ... very easy ... going to ... Well, it turns out I fogot I promised the girls I'd take them to the show in Del Mar this evening. So I can't make...
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Nanz Family
nanzfamily
Dec 9, 2001 12:09 am
I am still stuck here in town but I think it will be windy Bob...
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Paul LeFevre
welltraveled...
Dec 9, 2001 12:37 am
Well, it certainly was transparent last night...but windy! Gusts up to 25mph or so in my backyard, where I set up last night. Still managed to do a decent...
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Jeffrey Gortatowsky
indanapt
Dec 9, 2001 10:47 pm
I and five other intrepid ever optimistic amateurs setup yesterday afternoon
at the OCA site near the town of Anza. We figured, "Nothing ventured,
nothing...
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bigscopes
Dec 11, 2001 11:25 pm
Hello Bob: You aren't buying a certain place out north of San Marcos are you? I saw where he mentioned on the NOVA site that his buyer's sell fell out of...
