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Am I the only one who has one? I ordered mine from Anacortes on 18 April and it was delivered on 16 August. Mine works but due to weather, I haven't had a lot...
billmurray47
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Aug 19, 2007
7:19 pm
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Hi Bill, Thanks for posting your impressions of your newly received mySky. I have not received mine as yet. I agree with you on Meade not including the needed...
Glenn Treeson
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Aug 20, 2007
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Bill, No I haven't received mine yet. I ordered it from Telescopes.com on 1 June. We'll be interested to hear more when you have the chance to use it! Gordon...
Gordon Leidner
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Aug 20, 2007
10:09 pm
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I called OPT this afternoon. All the telescope phone lines were busy. I talked to a guy in cameras and he told me they received a limited number of MySkys. He...
turnipfloor308
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Aug 20, 2007
10:47 pm
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... Hi Bill,Just hung up from Meade Support. The tech said the part# for the cable is #04549. It took lots of turning of pages for the tech(?) to give me this...
turnipfloor308
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Aug 21, 2007
4:20 pm
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mine arrived today, ordered from amazon may 31. i've played with it for perhaps an hour - we are socked in here, so largely demo mode. i agree w/most of bills...
tcirillo
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Aug 22, 2007
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I had two nights, one cloud curtailed, to further try the MySky. Before I forget, when you get yours and you are pointing it at stars and objects, point it at...
billmurray47
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Aug 23, 2007
3:58 pm
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i've had my mysky for 2 days, and today i called meade c.s. to get answers to some fairly basic questions (owing in part to the fact that the manual is very...
tcirillo
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Aug 24, 2007
4:27 pm
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1/ battery voltage below which it won't operate? i'd like to use NiMh's @ 1.2v each. I'm experimenting now. 2/ switching modes seems to require a reboot. is...
tcirillo
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Aug 24, 2007
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Opt today said they should be receiving and sending out the remainder of their MySky orders soon. They do not have the cables or any info on them. Bill...
turnipfloor308
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Aug 25, 2007
3:31 am
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Bill, Pete Krohn at Astronomics told me yesterday that someone at Meade had informed him that the cable would be available in about one month. Tom " Bill in...
Tom Mote
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Aug 25, 2007
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and still overcast :( nonetheless, more observations: . the gps acquisition process seems to work but could communicate better with the user. because it seems...
tcirillo
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Aug 25, 2007
4:20 pm
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Since [1] I had a bad experience with /*SkyScout*/ and [2] am awaiting delivery of /*mySKY*/, I will deeply appreciate any suggestions from those of you who...
Tom Mote
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Aug 26, 2007
5:29 pm
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Tom, The only positive review that I have read is on the OPT site; HYPERLINK "http://www.optcorp.com/product.aspx?pid=1198-1200-9552&tb=8"http://www.optc ...
Glenn Treeson
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Aug 26, 2007
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Aug 27, 2007
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Well received my device today. Put in new batteries. Went outside and stood as far away from any metal objects as possible (as recommended in instructions)....
dennis_wardell
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Aug 28, 2007
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Sorry to hear about your bad experience. I hate it when cool things ought to work but don't. Just an idea... you might try removing the batteries, waiting...
tjmilligan2
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Aug 28, 2007
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i have learned, since my earlier posts, the following: . there IS a way to 'power scroll' through lists. it's through the use of the right/left arrows....
tcirillo
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Aug 28, 2007
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After not being able to get into the queue for a MySky in time for this initial release, I have to say that I'm not feeling so bad. I haven't been able to find...
jfestrunk
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Aug 29, 2007
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I've had my order in with telescopes.com since the end of May but when I called to get a status they said that it "might" ship "sometime in mid-September."...
Gordon Leidner
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Aug 29, 2007
5:28 pm
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I will post a quick reply now, and intend to post another in greater detail later, depending on what others post. As briefly as I ever get, the feature about...
Glenn Treeson
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Aug 29, 2007
10:09 pm
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You might try calling Anacortes, HYPERLINK "http://www.buytelescopes.com/"http://www.buytelescopes.com, and OPT, HYPERLINK...
Glenn Treeson
airjetlimo
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Aug 29, 2007
10:38 pm
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I was trying MySky again last night. During the first two minutes, I had a display of 8 satellites during the GPS Acquisition phase and then all of them were...
billmurray47
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Aug 30, 2007
4:30 pm
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Glenn, I look forward to your impressions. I agree that the "Oh, it is that one!" aspect of the MySky is the most appealing so far. In that regard, I'm...
jfestrunk
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Aug 30, 2007
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... well, here's something interesting that has me amused, and maybe concerened, I don't know: Apparently, on the Cloudy Nights forums, there's someone who has...
jfestrunk
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Aug 30, 2007
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People have expressed concerns and giggles about that since we first saw the design of the mySky. I am skeptical of that particular account on the Cloudy...
Glenn Treeson
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Aug 30, 2007
9:46 pm
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... I sincerely doubt that the "talks to Autostar" cable will feed power back to the MySky. The serial socket on the 497 does not have power available to feed...
autostaretx
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Aug 30, 2007
11:39 pm
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I just noticed this brief, basically positive, 1st impression review on Anacortes Telescope & Wild Bird Reviews; ...
Glenn Treeson
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Sep 1, 2007
4:17 am
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How does one back up the SD card that comes with the mySky? How can the content of the included SD card be moved to a new SD card? I tried it using SanDisk...
Glenn Treeson
airjetlimo
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Sep 2, 2007
7:20 pm
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... it using ... card ... would like ... doing ... not be ... Just guessing: there may be a "hidden" file(s) on the original SD card. Can you view the SD...
Thad Floryan
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Sep 2, 2007
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