On (02 May 96) Ian Woofenden wrote to Wes Boyd...
 IW>  WB> I have been kicking around the idea of setting up a small
 IW>  WB> astronomical  observatory at a location that's pretty distant
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 IW> AFAIK, Wincharger went out of business some years ago. But you don't
 IW> want one anyway . We lived with a 450 for almost 10 years, and it
 IW> was a headache. The new machines are much better. We now have a
 IW> Whisper 1000 and it has given us much power and no trouble. There is
 IW> a 600 watt model available. There's also a machine called the Air
 IW> 300 (?) that is a 300 watt machine and runs about $500.
 All I know is I saw one in a Edmund catalogue some years ago. If this
 observatory project gets off the ground, wind or solar seems like the
 way to go. That's assuming we ever get a clear night . . . the kind of
 weather we've been having takes all the fun out of astronomy.
 Thanks much for your help.
 -- Wes
... He said:"Keep looking up."  And I got a facefull of rain.
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