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Cellphone interference to late model DS-2090?   Message List  
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There has been a comment on another group that cellphones can cause random
slewing on certain go-to scopes.

I have a DS-2090 made in 2008, the roller bearing later model, which slews
sometimes with random errors in azimuth. The errors can be from about 5 to about
15 degrees beyond the proper stopping point.

When the random errors occur, if I manually reset the azimuth to center the
target in question (by moving the scope against the clutch, not using the
handset buttons) the scope resumes normal operation, including accurate
subsequent slews, until the next error which may be 5 minutes or an hour later.

I always have a cellphone in my pocket when I observe, a habit I picked up from
using older ETX and DS models, to set the time accurately.

Has someone else seen this problem and fixed it by leaving the cellphone in the
house?

My older DS-2102 does not exhibit this behavior, it is the teflon bearing model.

Thanks,

Frank




Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:36 pm

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There has been a comment on another group that cellphones can cause random slewing on certain go-to scopes. I have a DS-2090 made in 2008, the roller bearing...
Franciszek Cesarski
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Apr 18, 2009
3:21 am

This sounds like a dirty or loose encoder. There is also the possibility that the batteries are low. While the electronics in Meade scopes are not shielded in...
Jerry
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Apr 18, 2009
12:21 pm

I have both a teflon bearing DS2000 mount and a roller bearing DS2000 mount for a 2090AT telescope (the Teflon bearing mount is one with fried electronics I...
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Apr 19, 2009
1:24 am

Thanks for the input, gentlemen. I had already taken this new mount apart since it would not complete a single azimuth rotation without hanging up, the clutch...
Franciszek Cesarski
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Apr 24, 2009
6:51 pm
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