(meteorobs) Car radio

[bmccurdy at telusplanet.net]

Truman wrote:

> --On Saturday, January 07, 2006 3:38 AM -0700 Bruce McCurdy 
> <bmccurdy at telusplanet.net> wrote:

> >     I do listen to the radio, but not in the conventional manner. Rather
> > than choose the night's playlist for myself, I let the Universe decide,
> > via the forward scatter technique through my car radio.

> Meteor observers,
>      This is dangerous.  One night/morning, after a long observing session 
> with my car radio on, the car wouldn't start.  I had to have the battery 
> jumped.

   Yes, that's a good point. I was trying to be brief, but if I'm observing 
alone (or with no other vehicles around), I will get up and turn the engine 
over every 60 or 90 minutes and let it run for a couple of minutes. This also 
serves to wake *me* up. 

   At the observing site with other vehicles present, it's less of a concern, 
but in the event I'm the last one out (which with meteors happens often) I 
make sure I start my vehicle before all the others leave.  

   Bruce
   *****