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Old 01-01-2012, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by naskies View Post
Hi Nathan,

Welcome! I'll let others talk about the specifics of the gear, but have you thought about how you might travel to a dark site with it? Unless you can find a site with power, you'd need a generator or deep cycle battery plus quality charger - neither are particularly cheap.
Yeah power is of a concern so batteries are go. Not sure on what the NEQ6 pulls per hour or how many batteries i will need all up.

Before i start going out west ill do a bit of testing at home to get used to it all. A friend lives out on acreage out at Samford (basically a farm) and has agreed to let me use his property. Probably not going to be pitch black but its a start.

I have also heard that Camp Mountain lookout near Mt. Nebo is a nice dark location, although i have no idea where it is.
I was also going to try Clear Mountain but the only non-tree infested area's are private property. No parks or anything, so unless i setup on the side of the road (no thanks!) then there isn't much hope up there.

I've got January off work so i will be doing some traveling to see whats around out west that isn't too far out.
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