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Re: (meteorobs) Observa. goof for Aug 4/5 ZAYGE
At 21:19 06-08-97 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 97-08-06 20:16:50 EDT, you write:
>
><< Oouch. I know how you feel. I had this happen to me and I know it hurts.
> At least you got to see the meteors, which is how I rationalized my loss.
> >>
> Ditto...I accidently and unknowingly pushed the pause button after 2 meteors
> on peak nite of the Leonids. What a shock when I went to crunch my numbers.
>
> Kevin
> >>
>----------------
>Oh I pushed all the right buttons...something electronically went bad with
>the recording..dot it squeals and chatters and all kinds of noise blended in
>with the recorded stuff. sometimes I can hear my data come in barely...then
>go out entirely..dot it was a total loss...I have another recorder now and it's
>working fine...but I check it out every 15 minutes now...paranoia has finally
>set in I'm afraid.
>George
>
Hello George and Kevin,
My recorder failed during the peaknight of the 1995 Leonids: we had gone
all the way to Spain by airplane to see it. Lucky for me, I decided to
check after half an our of observations with the radiant barely above
horizon. Still thank God for that move, since up untill that time I never
bothered to do so. Must have been some heavenly inspiration therefore. I
now always check my recorder after a few minutes. But indeed: having once
experienced such a thing, it makes you a little bit paranoid. During
important observations, I now always am vigilous for technical failure.
The nasty trick was of course that all seemed to function well: motor was
turning, LED-light was shining etc, it did reproduce earlier recordings...
But it just didn't record the new data! This is still my worst nightmare
for the Leonid storms....
Marco.
Leonids-'98? A once (twice?) in your lifetime appearance! You can't afford
to miss it!
Casper ter Kuile, Akker 145, NL-3732 XD, De Bilt, The Netherlands
Phone: +31-30-2203170; Fax: +31-30-2202695; GSM: +31-6-54723974
E-mail1: pegasoft@cc.ruudot nl; E-mail2: casper.ter.kuile@rivmdot nl
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