> I use a light binocular, not so powerfull, just 7x35; that is a > magnification of 7 > and a objective(forward lens) of 35 mm diameter. So do I. > As it is hard to watch the sky standing, I use an adjustable > gardenchair to > sit > in. I'm seriously considering buying one now! >When fully put down I can easily look straight up. > When observing long passes I regularly switch over to the other hand > to hold > the bino. The stopwatch is on a cord around my neck hanging down. > I'm quite > familiar with it and can "feel" which button to push for starting > and timing > lap- > times. How much do stopwatches with the ability to record ten's of lap times cost? >I stop the time at a known time reading from a shortwave > clock, > synchro- > nized every minute by radiowaves from a German Radio station near > Frankfurt. Additionally, how much could I get a shortwave-only radio for? I have one that covers six radio bands including shortwave, but it was built when Americans were lunar explorers. I can hardly tune any station in. Jonathan Wojack tlj18@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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