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Everyone, ? The first flasher box is done (again!)--photo attached.? We had issues getting it to use its SD card due to a change that Adafruit made to their GPS board last summer.? Aart and I went

Steve: I excerpted a portion of your post (below) and am posting a reply under the flasher-related topic.... You wrote...... I now have Aart's latest flasher design working. ?It really would have

Good point, sorry! ? Steve

For the sake of ease of folks finding info in the future, could we post info about flashers under the flasher topics headers, and Occult4 under the Occult4 topics headers? -G

Quick update on the flasher.? John Moore shared a 3D model of the box for it with me.? I was able to print it on my cheap 3D printer overnight using a dollar or so in PLA filament.? His standard

Steve: I'll reply to your 1st paragraph / question with this post. More later on the interesting info on your Flasher.... You asked: "Do you feel that running Occult a day or so before a potential

George, ? Do you feel that running Occult a day or so before a potential clear night gives more events (for that night) than my current method of running it roughly every 2 weeks covering the next

4 nights later... May 25th UT Well, a nice clear night, but - again - a near Full Moon in the sky - and no event over a 4.5% chance listed on OW Desktop. Good night to stay in. But wait... I should

Once again, another very nice event - and it's nowhere to be found on either OW Desktop or OW Cloud. Here's another example of why it pays to run your own searches using Occult4. Many events now

Steve & Some... That's great news! An assembly of an "Aart's Flasher" has parts that total less than $100! I see you aren't listing a digital display, but that may not be a necessity. Also, you have a

I have most of the parts for Aart's most recent flash timer design, and the rest should be here later this week.? So far, the total cost for the parts: ? Arduino clone ($19 to $22--but I sprung for

Some: Yes, some.... This presentation may not interest most, tho maybe some... We recently had a seemingly constructive 2-hour Zoom session where we discussed getting 'new' folks involved in observing

Steve: Interesting. Good project. I'm interested in your results. FYI, thought I'd post a couple images of the flash timer that was built for me (I mentioned by who in our Zoom chat, but I'd rather

After our discussion last night, I've decided to build one of Aart's flash timers.? Reasons for doing this: ? - So we will have knowledge of the cost and amount of effort it takes to put one

Everyone, ? Here is the Zoom invite for tomorrow's tag-up.? Subject is recruiting and retaining new observers. ? ? Steve C ? Steve Conard is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic:

I can do Thursday also. Weather does not look good, but it looks good for Thursday morning at 4:30 AM for (1032) Parfuri going up the East Coast, so only I will be under the predicted shadow.

I just emailed with Rick. He said.... My mistake, sorry, Thursday works for me. Rick On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 10:31 AM George Viscome emailed Rick: Rick: You said on Groups.io "Tuesday works for me".

Tuesday works for me. Rick Bria

At this point, Thursday (9May) at 19:30, looks good to me.? - Roxanne

OK, per George's suggestion, how does Thursday evening look for everyone?? If most can make that, we'll watch the weather and if it improves we can reschedule. ? ? Steve