Krackula wrote:

just noticed a couple of new TEJON ( tehachapi ) pictures in the
alt.binaries.a51 NG ..... thought you might want to take a look. I
hear  it's a hard place  to get a good close look at . well hidden ,
nestled in that valley behind  the   Joshua tree  forrest.  pretty
rough road to boot , so they say.

too bad they got those hanger doors closed " just "  before the
photographers got there and set up  ...... makes you wonder how they
knew  they were coming  ?  ( not )  hhah ahaha


anyway  just FYI :

I did a quick "exploratory" hike to the site. No telescope, just a
400mm lens.
http://www.lazygranch.com/images/tejon/tejonwide.jp2 (needs Irfanview
with jpeg2000 plug in)
http://www.lazygranch.com/images/tejon/tejonpylon.jpg
http://www.lazygranch.com/images/tejon/tejoncrop.jpg

>From where I parked, it was a two mile hike to where I took the photos.
I probably should have gone another mile. The hike was relatively flat.
The general area is full of what are probably illegal no tresspassing
signs. My route doesn't encounter any of these signs, but there are
probably shorter routes.

If the path is rigged, I didn't see any detection hardware. Detecting
someone on foot is harder than detecting a vehicle. I park near the
official entrance to the rance, so it is possible someone can guess
that if a car is parked by the road, somebody is snooping.