Photo 1 - This 3 gallon can totally encloses my Statpower 100 watt 12VDC to 110 VAC power inverter, its dedicated 12V sealed lead acid battery and the two AC...
Thanks Tom, takes me back to the sixties when I learned all that the first time. I need to do that again right now so its very timely indeed. Where are the...
Hi Paul, The photos are in my newly created album titled "AC Power Inverter Container/shield". Sorry about your email photo attachments that were "zapped out"...
Tom, Yeah got that sorted, now have my own album with some of my own images of activity last few years. Cheers for your system, I use those filters you show...
... Paul thanks for your safety alert. I must say I'm very nervous about people posting their home-made set-ups using "mains" voltage on a forum like this -...
Yeah its just a heads up, I'm happy with it all, even a telescope aimed at the sun could be a lethal weapon, so common sense must prevail. Regards... Paul Moss...
Hi Geoff and Paul, ... We don't have any "US safety inspections" for home made electrical devices for personal use that I am aware of. We do have electrical...
A bummer about the Celestron needing 110V, otherwise you could probably get rid of 110V altogether. i use to use a battery and inverter, or when near the...
Tom, Yes, the noise issue is certainly of interest to me, I plan on working deeper into radio astronomy as I progress. The balanced nature of inverter outputs...
I was able to video a nice detailed ISS lunar transit, with the new solar arrays, using the KIWI OSD for time insertion. The ISS passed near crater Tycho....
Dale, so funny, its good to laugh isn't it. It reminds me of the occultation setup pic I posted, It doesn't seem so bad on the night but looking at the pic is...
This sounds like my main telescope setup. My mount drive runs on 12vDC , I have a 12v 37amp hr deep cycle battery to which I connect a 120v ac inverter, then I...
Nice work Ed! Tony George Umatilla, Oregon ... From: kiwiosd@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kiwiosd@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Edward M. Sent: Saturday, October...
Hi all, Last night I got 4 successful video reappearance timings of the Pleaides passage of the Moon, observed from my East Tampa home/property. The stars...
Hi Tom, Good to hear that your first expedition with your SUV full of "stuff" managed to gather some good astronomic timing data. ... Thanks for that Tom, oh...
Hi Geoff, I'll remember to spell your name "Hitchcox" by spelling it in my head repetitiously until I get it right. I'm sorry about that - was thinking of ole...
Tom, Good to see youre active, that constellation is exceedingly important to our indigenous population, and I am learning their star lore at the moment, so I ...
... important to our ... moment, so I ... used the ... new year, ... after that ... events. Paul, Thanks for sharing the interesting stories of how important...
Hi all, I'm a "DV rookie" and I want to buy a device that will accept the analog output of my VHS/VCR recorder, digitize the video into files that I can store...
Tom, I can't address the specific hardware you mention, but I can pass on some related experience. About three years ago I bought a software/hardware package...
... I've been using a Sony GV-D1000 Mini-DV recorder. It's small, has a long-lasting battery, and a 4" screen. It has Composite, S-video, and FireWire input...
Hi Tom - I use a Canon Elura 80 mini-DV which has firwire, USB and composite video (but no s-video). It does a pretty good job of recording events, however...
My A/D is the VideoOh! DVD by Adaptec. It only provides one format for capturing video data, and that is Mpeg-2. I use the USB-2 interface and don't believe...
Hi Tom and all, You may take a look on this page about occultation of Plejades by the moon. There is a diagramm of my equipment for observing and recording. I...
Yes, very nice! Made it to Space.com, I see. http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_061011.html My wife sent me this link, and I explained to her...
Hi all, I want to thank everybody (see threads) who replied with their ideas and methods of doing conversion of analog video signals to digital in order to...
Hi all, This is an excellent link for those who want to know more about conversion to digital TV broadcasting that is scheduled to be fully implemented by...
... for ... interface and ... gain ... when ... Hi Ed, Perhaps you can help me get a better handle on using VirtualDub to separate video fields from frames the...
Tom, The view fields filter stacks the fields one on top of the other, as you described. I am not aware of being able to step through VirtualDub in "fields",...
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