On 22 Jun 2005 19:59:18 -0700, wrote:

I find the reply of 10 if by land and 7 if by sea to be right. 10X is
great for astronomy but on a slightly pitching boat the 10X will drive
you nuts. Go for 7X.

I keep 7 x 50 Tascos on board for serious landmark sightings, and I
have access to monster U-Boat binocs by Carl Zeiss, but I use
Bushnell birder binocs (which I picked up for $5 at a yard sale) for
buoy number spotting and making out boat name at 1/4 mile or so. They
are called "Spectator Plus", are a mere 7 x 35, small, light,
rubberized and have only two focus choices, normal and "near",
accessed by a button push.

These hang in the cockpit and are used frequently. The Tascos sit in
the nav station and get used at night, either to make out lights and
bearing on freighter traffic or to look at the stars and planets at
dock or anchor.

R.

rhys wrote:
On 22 Jun 2005 19:59:18 -0700, wrote:


I find the reply of 10 if by land and 7 if by sea to be right. 10X is
great for astronomy but on a slightly pitching boat the 10X will drive
you nuts. Go for 7X.


I keep 7 x 50 Tascos on board for serious landmark sightings, and I
have access to monster U-Boat binocs by Carl Zeiss, but I use
Bushnell birder binocs (which I picked up for $5 at a yard sale) for
buoy number spotting and making out boat name at 1/4 mile or so. They
are called "Spectator Plus", are a mere 7 x 35, small, light,
rubberized and have only two focus choices, normal and "near",
accessed by a button push.

These hang in the cockpit and are used frequently. The Tascos sit in
the nav station and get used at night, either to make out lights and
bearing on freighter traffic or to look at the stars and planets at
dock or anchor.

R.
I received a West marine flyer yesterday with a number of 'marine'
7x50 binoculars listed. One model looked interesting. It had the
'rangefinder option' at a little over $ 300.00.
Anyone know how accurate there rangefinders are in measuring distances?

Don White wrote in
:

a little over $ 300.00

package of blue butt end splices for #14-16 wire at Waste Marine - $7.80
Same exact package at Charleston Hardware store - $1.99
probably even cheaper at Home Depot....??

Wonder what the "street price" on that model binocs is on Froogle.com?

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Larry

You know you've had a rough night when you wake up and you're outlined in
chalk.

On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:46:26 -0400, Larry W4CSC
wrote:

Don White wrote in
:

a little over $ 300.00

package of blue butt end splices for #14-16 wire at Waste Marine - $7.80
Same exact package at Charleston Hardware store - $1.99
probably even cheaper at Home Depot....?? ///

Amateurs think that cheap split/rolled crimp connectors are
functionally identical to pro-style tubular crimps.
They aren't.
In a memorable epithet of Larry's, its BS

Brian Whatcott Altus OK

Brian Whatcott wrote in
news
Amateurs think that cheap split/rolled crimp connectors are
functionally identical to pro-style tubular crimps.
They aren't.
In a memorable epithet of Larry's, its BS

Brian Whatcott Altus OK



Same exact product....right down to the label from Adcor (or spelled
something like that).

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Larry

You know you've had a rough night when you wake up and you're outlined in
chalk.