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Re: (meteorobs) Namn guide
In a message dated 98-03-22 18:11:43 EST, you write:
McNaught<< When checking a watch, use a faint red torch. The watch battery
drains
quickly using the internal light, and is much more expensive to replace than
torch batteries.
>>
I don't know what kind of watches anyone else uses, but I buy the cheap old
digital Casio watches for about $20. I use the internal light quite
extensively due to my job as well as for nearly every meteor I record while
meteor observing. I also use the internal light quite extensively while
synchronizing the operation of my camera's while I observe. I am a very
frequent meteor observer as most people here know. I have yet to have my watch
battery run down from all this usage. I buy a new watch every year usually
because the watch band breaks and or the lens is so scratched up from work
abuse that I simply need a new one. Getting it fixed isn't practical...so I
just buy a new one...the price is right. I don't think watch battery drainage
is really that much of a problem nowadays?
George Zay