[R-390] $5000.00 390A????

[barry williams]

I've always been fascinated. Radio astronomy. That would be Mecca. I 
think it was a Meade LX-200 14" that I almost bought. Getting to the 
country is fairly easy here. The university has an astronomy club. One 
draw back is that I know the land owner where they have star parties. He 
is a cranky old cuss. He once flew model airplanes at the rc club I 
belong too. He threatened to shoot one of the senior members. I was sort 
of put in the middle, and I don't trust that old coot to not shoot me 
out there on his farm.

I wish I had bought the Meade!


the other Barry
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> I retired from the Univ Of Hawaii, Physical Oceanography and Seismology, instrument maker. Then I caught the  bug for Radio Astronomy.  Now I have a 10 meter dish to set up and I know about a "money pit."
> But,it is still radio and many of my toys can be used like a spectrum analyzer and other receivers.
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> Toys, Toys, and more toys.
> ray
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>> There is no other way he would be able to ride herd over this crew.
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>> I got snagged into Amateur Astronomy about 1998 when COSTCO was selling
>> the Meade ETX series.  I picked up and ETX-60.  That didn't last very
>> long as it didn't allow me to see what I wanted to.  So within about a
>> year, I went and procured The original Celestron Nexstar 8" SCT.
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>> ail list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
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