[NMCAVER] Fwd: Questionnaire: Use of Digital Survey Tools in Cave Surveying

2008-07-19 Thread Minton, Mark
-- Forwarded message --From: Aaron Bird wvcave...@gmail.comDate: Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 5:40 PMSubject: Questionnaire: Use of Digital Survey Tools in Cave SurveyingHi All,This is a questionnaire on use of digital survey tools in cave

[Texascavers] UV Cave Biology Indicator lighting

2008-07-19 Thread Don Cooper
Is 400 to 405nm a good wavelength for fluorescing cave critters and interesting cave minerals? I'm considering buying 100 5mm UV LEDs off eBay from Hong Kong. They have a operating voltage of 3.2 to 3.6 and come with resistors for ideal current from a 12v source. (100 for a total cost of 12.99.

[Texascavers] RE: UV Cave Biology Indicator lighting

2008-07-19 Thread Minton, Mark
Don, Is 400 to 405nm a good wavelength for fluorescing cave critters and interesting cave minerals? It may work for some critters and a few minerals, but for the really good fluorescent effects you need a much shorter wavelength, on the order of 254 nm. See, for example,

Re: [Texascavers] spies in the Middle East

2008-07-19 Thread Ted Samsel
Berlandier was Swiss, thus allowing the Swiss to take over Rde14. T. -Original Message- From: Gill Ediger gi...@worldnet.att.net Sent: Jul 17, 2008 9:48 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] spies in the Middle East At 04:38 PM 7/17/2008, Louise Power wrote: The

RE: [Texascavers] OT- gas prices

2008-07-19 Thread Ted Samsel
Fritz: With China, India and **Russia** demanding more oil and gasoline, the supply can’t keep upThe Russkies are making mega rubles with the oild gas, BTW.. and selling it to the Euros... doncha watch BBC? T. http://home.infionline.net/~tbsamsel/

[Texascavers] UV Lights

2008-07-19 Thread mike
I did a little bit of research on this a few weeks ago - I was trying to isolate the spectral band that illuminates the phosphorescent chemical and couple it with a photo filter that blocks all other visible light - finding a filter with that narrow and specific of a light cut (everything

[Texascavers] RE: gas prices

2008-07-19 Thread Minton, Mark
Don Cooper said: No - but I would give my left nut to go back to the days that gas was 1.05 a gallon, when I was making only $19.00 an hour with excellent health benefits and rent, including paid utilities were only $500 a month. To which Louise Power said: You can't even give