Re: (meteorobs) Leonid data

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Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Leonid data
From: wayne.t.hally@bangate1.tekdot com
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 96 5:55:42 EST
Reply-To: meteorobs@latradedot com
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Except on the cold nights George...that's when the gentle stacatto of 
chattering teeth, or the muffled sound recorded from deep within a sleeping 
bag that refuses to come out for recording.
	That is why I erase them though, I've hit Fast froward in the past and 
had 3 minutes of a previous night in the middle of the current one.
	I like the tape idea very much, or maybe I'll burn a pattern in with a 
soldering iron on the record button. Now if I could only feel the end of my 
fingers........ :-)

wayne
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Original Text
From: GeoZay@aoldot com, on 11/21/96 11:46 AM:
To: <meteorobs@latradedot com>

In a message dated 96-11-20 22:55:35 EST, you write:

<< 
 <<(Good stuff ommitted)... BTW, Kevin, I always erase my tapes now before
 reusing..just to avoid 
  confusion from when I accidently push the button at the wrong end, which 
is

  Fast Forward. And I have developed the habit of checking at least once an 
  hour to ensure all is functioning well. Of course it's only a matter of 
  tim >>
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What you might want to consider doing is sticking a little piece of tape 
onto
the more 
important buttons so that you can feel them in the dark.  Maybe tape one 
side
only where you can get a reference point. To tell the truth, after some
experience with the tape recorder, you do get to know more reliably where
everything is at. Now while recording with the tape recorder, I do very 
often
take a look to make sure that I'm pushing the right buttons and not had a
brain fart somewhere down the line. And it is good advice to periodically
play back a short segment to see if things are okay. After usage and
preparing to use that same tape on another nite, be sure to erase 
everything
on that tape. You will be surprised how one nites recording sounds very
similar to another nite. This way if you erased everything, what you hear 
is
from just one nite.
George Z.