At 12:49 AM 4/1/98 -0800, you wrote:
>At 8:34 PM -0800 3/31/98, Stephen Speicher x2783 wrote:
>>On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, David Gardner wrote:
>>
>>> clarity. Finally, if you use grass you don't really need the shock
>>>absorbers.


Bill responded

>I would not recommend setting up on grass if you care much about pointing
>accuracy. The tripod legs WILL settle into the grass as the night wears on
>and you WILL have to realign.

I set up on grass but put a 6" patio block under each leg. This works even
in sand where the blocks are set into the sand and just left there. Someone
wrote a year ago about using sprinkler head holders that they stuck in the
ground and set the tripod legs in the recess where the sprinkler head goes.

Bob Elliott

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