... Hum. Once again contradictory information coming from Meade. My dealer said that I should expect mine mid-Oct....
21
Wayne Powell (AeroWood)
aerowood@...
Oct 1, 2000 8:22 pm
Are you in Canada too? US dealers will probably be getting them a couple weeks earlier and my dealer tends to not be optomistic about Meade delivery dates so...
22
lx90@egroups.com
Oct 24, 2000 9:57 pm
Enter your vote today! Check out the new poll for the lx90 group: When Will the LX-90 actually arrive? o November o Early December o Late December o Next Year...
23
jon@...
Oct 24, 2000 10:12 pm
I voted for November. I am forever hopeful : )...
24
Wayne Powell (AeroWood)
aerowood@...
Oct 24, 2000 10:39 pm
My vote is for November too. I'll check with my Canadian dealer(s) tomorrow. I've been happily plunking away with my nexstar5 in the meantime. experienced my...
25
Scott Horne
gsm2horne@...
Oct 25, 2000 1:45 am
When you finish your 'star-tent', you WILL post diagrams, right? *grin* ===== Scott Horne http://starjourney.net ...
26
Wayne Powell (AeroWood)
aerowood@...
Oct 30, 2000 12:55 pm
The operative word here is "when". ;-) I'm working on it, as I want to use it this winter, but it's been difficult to take the time to do the sewing. But...
27
Wayne Powell
wayne.powell@...
Oct 30, 2000 1:10 pm
Update: My dealer here in Canada is expecting the first LX-90's to come down the pipe in late November. Has anyone heard differently? Wayne Powell AeroWood...
28
Kevin Pfeifle
kpfeifle@...
Oct 30, 2000 4:20 pm
Wayne Powell wrote: Update: My dealer here in Canada is expecting the first LX-90's to come down the pipe in late November. Has anyone heard differently? Wayne...
29
Scott Horne
gsm2horne@...
Oct 30, 2000 5:30 pm
There is an astro-tent out there called the 'gallileo' (sp?) that retails for $319. It is a four sided dome tent with zip-down sides. The sides come...
30
Wayne Powell (AeroWood)
aerowood@...
Oct 30, 2000 5:42 pm
I looked at the specs for that one on the web, fairly similar to what I am doing with modifying an Ice Tent (CAN$150) from Sears. Of course modified items...
31
Scott Horne
gsm2horne@...
Oct 30, 2000 10:57 pm
The Kendrick is undoubtedly a good tent, but I'm looking for something smaller. Pretty much a "scope tent" only. If I have to, I'll sleep in the back of my...
32
Wayne Powell (AeroWood)
aerowood@...
Oct 31, 2000 11:45 am
I agree. I needed a smaller tent too. The one I am modifying is a 6' x 8' x 6'. Any smaller and it would be difficult to accommodate the spread of the tripod...
33
Dean Schwartzenberg
dean@...
Nov 3, 2000 7:01 pm
Wayne, I just spoke to Astronomics, they said about `10 days until they get them. I have been on the list and now must decide if I want one of the first....
34
astronomics
questions@...
Nov 3, 2000 7:04 pm
RIght now these will be the first ones on the market, other then the display unit Meade had at Photokina in Germany. Clear Skies, Mike/astronomics ...
35
Robert S. Greenstein,...
RG@...
Nov 3, 2000 10:53 pm
I too recieved a call from Astronomics earlier this morning. They left word that they will be shipping the units in the next 10 days and were calling for...
36
Wayne Powell (AeroWood)
aerowood@...
Nov 4, 2000 11:37 am
Robert, I knew you were at the edge LX-90 vs 200, was there anything in particular that made your final decision final? Like you I've been tossing up that ...
37
Wayne Powell
wayne.powell@...
Nov 5, 2000 4:19 pm
I snipped this from the Nexstar egroup, does anyone know if the LX90 uses clutches like their other scopes? Manual re-positioning was a feature I was hoping...
38
Mike Bieler
questions@...
Nov 6, 2000 6:26 am
There are no manual slomotion controls. You will have the move the scope with the autostar. Clear Skies, Mike ... LX90 uses ... feature I was ... way. They ...
39
Kevin Pfeifle
kpfeifle@...
Nov 6, 2000 5:44 pm
Mike: Will you be posting any type of review once you get the first of these units in? That would be helpful for all of us "sitting on the fence". Thanks! ...
40
astronomics
questions@...
Nov 6, 2000 5:57 pm
As long as we have some left over from our first shipment of 100 it shouldn't be a problem. Also, as soon as I get the okay from Meade I can post the user's...
41
Robert S. Greenstein,...
RG@...
Nov 6, 2000 11:57 pm
Hi Wayne, Sorry for the delayed reply. Basically I chose the 12" for aperture. I tried the 8" and 10" LX200 and felt that the 12" wasn't too big to handle....
42
John Gump
jgumprr@...
Nov 7, 2000 5:47 pm
... LX90 uses ... feature I was ... way. They ... Mark, I confirmed this yesterday with Astronomics. The LX90 cannot be moved manually. BTW-- I haven't...
43
Jon Jacob
jon@...
Nov 7, 2000 6:10 pm
... I think I might just cancel my order. It is starting to get cloudy around here on a regular basis and I am sure I want to be the first to find all the...
44
Mark Ericksen
merickse@...
Nov 8, 2000 3:24 am
Do the motors have clutches so that the scope OTA can be moved manually at least for packing purposes if the batteries were to die? The Nexstar scopes have one...
45
Bruce M
laz32@...
Nov 8, 2000 3:38 pm
I have been out of astrnomy for a number of years and have a scope on order from astronomics. The lx90 comes with a 26 plossel. I plan to add a ultima barlow,...
46
John Gump
jgumprr@...
Nov 8, 2000 8:57 pm
... scope ... another ... a ... thought ... Bruce, I am about to put my order in for the lx90. My plans are similar to yours in that my first add on...
47
Dennis Swindle
prayingd@...
Nov 13, 2000 6:18 pm
Hi! I'm one of those fence sitters that has strongly considered the NexStar 8, but decided to first wait and see what the Meade LX90 has to offer. Let me share...
48
Dean Schwartzenberg
dean@...
Nov 13, 2000 9:52 pm
Is anyone going to the Oceanside Photo & Telescope Demo this weekend? I just spoke with Ben and he said that they will have for sure a lx90 on demo. He also...
49
Wayne Powell (AeroWood)
aerowood@...
Nov 14, 2000 1:27 pm
I'm in the exact same boat. My big concern is that the NS8 uses the same base, gears and motor drive used in the NS5 (actually the other way around I believe,...
