That’s Armando Landrian on the right
setting up the Skywatching equipment. All the equipment
belongs to him and Mike Panacello. They had a
weather station, radiation meter, scanner, a puck,
Flightradar24, night vision camera and handheld night
vision, binoculars, emf meter and infrared strobe
light. They also used phone apps like Skyview to
rule out space debris or stars or planets. They also
used the trail camera for the first time at this event and
are always looking for new equipment or techniques to
tryout. Eyeballs on the sky are always a plus
Armando Landrian:
It’s not always possible to drive a van into some areas
like the location in West Hartford. The equipment
inside the van consists of amateur radio communication,
CB/ Scanner and additional scanner. The CB/ Scanner
has a PA speaker permanently installed under the hood so
twe can use it to listen to the scanner when outside the
van at the Skywatching events (when possible). All of the
antennas needed are permanently installed. Most of the
smaller equipment and gadgets are in two wheeled carts...
too many small items that can be lost in the dark (even
with flash lights). The van also serves to transport all
of the equipment that we own to the site. These
include tables, chairs, several batteries/inverters,
tripods, computer monitors, video camera with night
vision, night vision scope, weather station, handheld
scanners, laptops etc. Mike brings additional equipment
like radiation meter, laptops, scanner, frequency counter,
night vision (2) the puck etc. |
