Must be everybody's questions have been answered, and all the DS scopes out there are working well! Either that, or the Yahoo group isn't functioning...
Tony---Things are rather quiet. I just hope that the members have not gotten frustrated with their problems and gave up. I was one with a tracking problem due...
Bob, Congrats on finding the Ring! Your method of finding things is mine precisely. After doing a two star alignment on the stars I want to pick, I then have...
Martin---What was the "Final Solution" with the dec drive?---Bob Martin Rice <rice@...> wrote:Bob, Congrats on finding the Ring! Your method of finding...
Bob, No, I haven't tried the LPI or DSI, concentrating right now on learning the sky so when I don't have the DS, or the power fails, etc, I can find things on...
Bob, No, I haven't tried the LPI or DSI, concentrating right now on learning the sky so when I don't have the DS, or the power fails, etc, I can find things on...
Folks, Just curious about the dimension in between two folks (arms) on the DS-80/90/114 series mount. Is the DS-114 one wider? Mine is DS-80 which I think it...
I have been meaning to post my latest finishing touches on my own DS2114AT(L) scope since I finally got a chance to check them last weekend. I took the whole...
Bob, I posted this a while back, last autumn I believe. Do a search for my posts and you'll find one entitled "final solution." It describes in detail how to...
Bob: Here it is: Message # 2249 from Sept. 26, '04. Follow my instructions there and your dec drive will be forever after an obedient child. Yours, Marty Rice ...
Some people consider our DS scopes to be "Trash" scopes. Well, to see what you can do with a a so-called "trash" scope, just visit the main page of the York...
Nice shot, Martin! For me, the keys to making the DS-series into good scopes are replacing the eyepieces and carrying out your very helpful "final" dec drive...
Sean, I'm glad you liked the photo, but more so, I'm glad my modifications to the dec drive improved the performance of your scope. I know it turned mine into...
Just purchased DS-2114ATSA from meade online. Have not recieved it yet but from other meade products i own i expect good quality. I purchased this as a...
Hi all! I'm new to this group and new at astronomy, I am from South America, Brazil. I bought my Meade DS2114 two days ago and yesterday was my first night ...
hi, i have a question regarding the meade ds-2114ats if you can help me with the collimating issue, that would be great. but first off, i did the best i can...
Just getting into looking to buy a telescope. My research is pushing me to believe that a DS model (2130 AT) might be a good start. I was thinking of the...
Just starting out and have a couple of questions. Have not really tried the "Go To" features yet. I bought one of the "clearence/Factory reconditioned" units...
Hi I am new to this group. I have recently bought Meade DS-2114 ATS. I am totally new to the telescope also.. I have never seen or used one ever before. It was...
im bummed out...........I was planning on taking the scope out of town for the long 4th of july weekend. I set it up got it working, however, the north/south...
I had a telescope as a youth (details about manufacturer fuzzy at this point) and would like to buy one for my son and me to use. My price point at this...
This is my first post here, so hello everyone! This group seems very quiet lately, but I hope someone will be kind enough to answer my questions. ;) I've got a...
I just bought This cheap telescope at walmart. Is anyone famaliar with this telescope? What kind of quility compared to the DS 2130 do I have? I have not been...
It just so happens that the Meade website on Ebay is selling the DS80EC Shipped for $139.00!!! It doesn't have the Autostar but one can be added for little ...
Did you align the finder with the main tube? Best to do this during the day...take it out and find something with the main scope and a low power eyepiece...the...
Hi Jim Maybe, if your son doesn't know so much about the position of objects in the sky, you would like to buy a telescope without an Autostar. I think this...
