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11675
Hello, I have ETX 105PE. Recently managed to buy a Meade's 3.3 Focal reducer, but without the variable T-Adapter. So my questions are two - to connect the FR...
ivaylo.stoynov
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Apr 1, 2009
3:15 pm
11676
I spent an hour with Google compiling a list of links for those parts, and Yahoo Groups ate it, of course; so it is gone, sorry....
Gregg
starryskyn
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Apr 4, 2009
12:44 am
11677
... If you were being challenged for your password, you can use the "back" button on your browser to bring the filled-in screen back into view. *Then* use...
autostaretx
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Apr 4, 2009
3:12 am
11678
Have done the back button, and there is no "filled in" screen text to save by any method. It is back to start of "Reply". Using IE7.0.6001.18000....
Gregg
starryskyn
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Apr 5, 2009
1:18 am
11679
... Oddly enough, my first attempt at replying to this note had a problem, too. Yahoo didn't return with the "your reply has been posted screen". But i use...
autostaretx
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Apr 5, 2009
3:35 am
11680
Yes you will need the Meade 07036. Celestron also sold these for the C90. They called it a Large Accessory Adapter (LAR). Appogee used to bring one in from...
George Cushing
pinyachta
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Apr 6, 2009
1:02 am
11681
Thank you very much Geo! I'll buy one ETX to SCT and one low profile SCT to T. I already have the Meade #64 adapter so I'll have small extension tube because...
ivaylo.stoynov
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Apr 6, 2009
8:35 am
11682
Thank you Gregg for the efforts and sorry that Yahoo wasted them :( Best regards, Ivo...
ivaylo.stoynov
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Apr 6, 2009
8:46 am
11683
Finally I'm done, no exaggeration about 6 hours of manual labour to create. 35 LPI images combined to make this mosaic: ...
Chris Harvey
sonicboomboy909
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Apr 7, 2009
12:35 am
11684
Impressive! Well done! ... Mike Weasner 8" LX200-ACF ETX-125AT ETX-105PE ETX-90RA ETX-70AT PST Email: etx@... iChat / AIM:...
Mike Weasner
lxd55_8sc
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Apr 7, 2009
1:06 am
11685
Cheers Mike, means a lot coming from you .. (re-sending in case you don't get mail from the LPI group) ... From: ETXASTRO@yahoogroups.com...
Chris Harvey
sonicboomboy909
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Apr 8, 2009
5:13 pm
11686
I've finally managed to get inside my ETX arms and located the problem. It seams fairly obvious that I need a new right OTA support as documented in the ETX...
Chris Harvey
sonicboomboy909
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Apr 9, 2009
5:55 pm
11687
Find a friend with a lathe. The hub is no big deal and the arm looks like a reworked standard channel extrusion. The hard bit is broaching (cutting) the keyway...
George Cushing
pinyachta
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Apr 18, 2009
6:51 pm
11688
Hi George, thanks for your detailed advice. I am a practical person but metal working is not something I have any experience with or know anybody with the...
Chris Harvey
sonicboomboy909
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Apr 20, 2009
2:25 pm
11689
Just to be absolutely sure that I'm fixing the right thing, can somebody confirm that this picture shows the 'usual' problem? The ETX tune-up ...
Chris Harvey
sonicboomboy909
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Apr 20, 2009
2:57 pm
11690
I haven't been able to image much lately and since I also have a DSI Pro that I use, I've decided to part with my DSI Color. I've put it up on eBay and thought...
jlummel
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Apr 21, 2009
2:03 am
11691
I just purchased an ETX-70EC on Ebay and the unit malfuctions. The servo motors function but I cannot lock the Dec axis clutch to engage the servos (the Az...
growler3
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Apr 24, 2009
3:16 am
11692
I just received an ETX-70EC that I purchased on Ebay. It was malfunctioning when it arrived; the scope if free moving in the Dec/Alt axis. The servo motors...
growler3
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Apr 24, 2009
3:57 am
11693
... There are a few things that can go bad. The threads in the right tube trunion can strip as can those on the clutch knob. But it sounds like these are OK. ...
George Cushing
pinyachta
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Apr 29, 2009
12:51 pm
11694
... somebody ... that the ... notch ... free to ... this ... greatly ... You can post photos by attaching them to a message. You have to upload them to group...
George Cushing
pinyachta
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Apr 29, 2009
12:53 pm
11695
... somebody ... that the ... notch ... free to ... this ... greatly ... Now guessing from your description you are talking about the part of the Dec trunion...
George Cushing
pinyachta
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Apr 29, 2009
1:04 pm
11696
Hi George. Thanks for the reply. I took it apart (you don't want to know how) and the gear that should engage the worm gear is frozen on the plastic shaft. Not...
Bob Harris
growler3
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Apr 29, 2009
5:10 pm
11697
Does anyone have a source or know where I can find an adapter to use a standard 1.25" diagonal on a Meade ETX90 or ETX125? Scopetronix use to have them - they...
warpedcorp
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May 1, 2009
4:55 pm
11698
I used to own an EXT-90 and recently a person with a new ETX-60AT had a couple of questions for me. I'm not that familiar with the 60AT but back when I had my...
Bill (shoebox)
shoebox2go
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May 1, 2009
7:06 pm
11699
Don't know if this will help you but the Orion 1.25" diagonal #08295 that came with my short-tube 80 threads directly onto the back of my ETX125. Phillip...
Phillip Coker
phillipcoker
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May 1, 2009
9:53 pm
11700
Yes, the #497 AutoStar (has number keys on the keypad) works on the ETX-60/70/80/90/105/125 as long as it has a reasonably current ROM (since the ETX-60/70 was...
Mike Weasner
lxd55_8sc
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May 1, 2009
10:19 pm
11701
Thanks,   Bil H. ... From: Mike Weasner <etx@...> Subject: Re: [ETXASTRO] Autostars on ETX90 and ETX60 To: ETXASTRO@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, May 1,...
Bill H.
shoebox2go
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May 1, 2009
10:27 pm
11702
You will most likely need to perform a Setup/Telescope/Calibrate Drives (you may have motor runaway or "Motor Unit Fault" messages if you don't), and you'll...
autostaretx
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May 2, 2009
4:25 am
11703
Thanks George, the image showed in the email for me so I assumed everybody else could view it too. Anyway the image of my damaged right OTA support (I think)...
Chris Harvey
sonicboomboy909
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May 2, 2009
5:32 pm
11704
David, I have wanted to do the same thing, I decided to go the LAR (Large Accessory Ring) route, these have been made for various smaller catadiatropic scopes...
Franciszek Cesarski
tincanandstring
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May 2, 2009
6:06 pm
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