i do what Geoff does for configuring the GPS units I send out. I have a battery holder that has 8 D cells (12V or so) and i hook an OSD to that, then the GPS...
Kiwi Geoff here, The following message was sent to me by Hans van der Meer, it has a nice link to his web-page that is worth looking at. So I have inserted it...
Hello, I am planning to get a KIWI-OSD for our society's observations. I need help regarding the following questions: 1) Does the KIWI-OSD only work with the...
... It works with "any" standard video source that is either PAL, NTSC, (or monochrome versions of). If the camera can be plugged into a TV monitor it can be...
Thanks! That was very useful. Where can I get the PC-164 and the Garmin 18 LVC? Are they also available from pfdsystems? Would have been nice if the three were...
Hi Bamm, ... The Garmin and OSD are available from www.pfdsystems.com. If you use the NTSC TV system you can get the PC-164 from www.supercircuits.com (or do a...
Greetings all from my days many years ago in the broadcast industry the difference in broadcast standards went something like this. NTSC -(National Television...
Thanks for this, Chas! ROTFL! I'm also a TV broadcast alumnus, and was familiar with the NTSC and PAL jokes, but the others are new to me and most amusing!...
Bamm, If you make a purchase from Supercircuits, I recommend that you also buy their PA3 microphone (about $12). It is very sensitive and takes very little...
Hello All, It is now a year since I first used the Garmin 18 LVC receiver. Is it any good for timing? - or does it suffer from a nervous twitch, like Oliver...
You should consider the WAT-902H2 Ultimate in lieu of the PC164C. It has more resolution, more gain, and manual gain control, including some gamma controls....
Do you have a source and an approximate price for the WAT-902H2 Ultimate, Tony? Also, does it have a larger chip than the PC-164? And, most importantly, how...
SpyTown is the source I used and the only place I could find it. I paid $289 + $15 shipping. It does have a larger chip and finer resolution than the PC164C....
Hi Tony and Steve, ... A good price. I think in Europe I will pay at least 300 to 350 Euro. ... Weeks ago I found some pages with priced EM-CCD cameras. The...
Hi all, on Sept. 12th 2006 I made videos with WAT-120N + KIWI-OSD from moon occulting the Plejades. Here are the mid-field times of 14 reappearances. Looking...
... Are you sure its 10ms Gerhard? I just ran your timings through my calculator, and I make it 20ms I calculated what the time "should" have been (marked with...
Hi Geoff, ... you are right. Sorry for my stupid error. I think it was caused by the late local time after watching astronomy videos for some hours ;-). ... ...
... Yes, although it is worth remembering this Gerhard - because we need to sample for at least 17 minutes (to get 1ppm accuracy = 1,000 seconds to 1 ...
Hi Geoff, ... this could really become a problem.. Another typo from me, I measured only 2 Watts. But this makes no great difference. In June 2006 I made some...
Congratulations to Gerhard on his first (positive) timing using his Watec (in integration mode) for an Asteroid Occultation. In the (PlanOccult) report Gerhard...
Hi, I just ran a test, recording the LED with the Watec902h2 Ultimate and Kiwi. What I see is maybe .001sec early, so certainly not the problem the WAT-120N...
Thanks Steve! I got to thinking after I sent my email that the WAT-902H2 Ultimate is not an integrating video camera and therefore would not have the same...
Hi All, ... Yes Ed, it is just a matter of recording the LED flash with the camera, and determining the time when the LED first turns on. Don't worry about...
Hi Geoff and all, ... Thank you. ... This was also a surprise for me. I did some tests to see if all my times in integration mode are right. And fortunatly...
