I have a 6V dry cell in the drawer under the stairs, but just one. Ah, that takes me back...>waxes nostalgic< Steve Dodder President, Saguaro Astronomy Club Director, Stone Haven Observatory fester00@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.stargazing.net/Astroman > From: Telescoper@xxxxxxx > To: sac-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [sac-board] Re: TBird Spring Star Party May 10 > Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:48:52 -0700 > > AJ, > > You may have missed the last Board mtg when these were allocated to Gene > along > with other club so-called 'junk' to dispose of as he saw fit. The lites do > have nostalgia value I guess, but perhaps the Club should invest in some > light-weight and smaller and less battery-expensive red lights (10,000+-hour > life and not orange like these) that are available these days. I haven't seen > or had to deal with a 6V lantern battery in a long time. > > Jack > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "AJ Crayon" <acrayon@xxxxxxx> > To: <sac-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 9:53 AM > Subject: [sac-board] Re: TBird Spring Star Party May 10 > > > Gene, are these yellow that sit on a squarish base and, presumably, blink > red? If so shouldn't they be part of the properties? They work well during > the Messier Marathons marking the entrance or exit between twilight. I'd > like these to be setup for this year's event. > > Clear skies, > aj > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gene lucas" <geneluca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <sac-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 11:39 PM > Subject: [sac-board] Re: TBird Spring Star Party May 10 > > > I have the olde SAC blinkers up here in the garage, if somebody wants to > spring for some fresh batteries.... > (6V lantern cells, I think...) Not enough of 'em for a full mile, > however... > Gene > (17250) > > Jack Jones wrote: > > >Maybe, if it doesn't affect their budget. I don't know how they plan to > >execute that, it's like a mile. I'm calling her again tomorrow. > >Jack > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Rick Tejera" <saguaroastro@xxxxxxx> > >To: <sac-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 8:35 PM > >Subject: [sac-board] Re: TBird Spring Star Party May 10 > >Any way of getting them to use red lights? > >Clear Skies > >Rick Tejera > >Editor SACnews > >Saguaro Astronomy Club > >Phoenix, Arizona > >www.saguaroastro.org > >saguaroastro@xxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008