> scope manual, I buried a six foot x 4" diameter schedule 80 pipe three foot
> into the ground.
What is your ground? This could be a vehicle for transferring vibration.
> reduces the lever arm problem greatly. The vibration was somewhat less,
>but is
> worse than the field tripod, wedge, scope combo! The vibration is bad
>enought
> that it is hard to focus the scope. What gives?
To figure out how the vibration is getting to the 'scope, you need to discern the _source_ of the vibration. ie is it you walking around, is it nearby road traffic? Once you know this, you can figure out how it is getting to the 'scope and start to find strategies for curing the problem.
> guy wires on the pier at 120 degree intervals, thereby placing the pier under
> tension,
Surely compression, not tension? (Unless you're guying to the summer triangle) :-)
Clear Skies, Steve <sft@aegis1.demon.co.uk>