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to anyone. The program will not accept my e-mail which is
ctsm27@... I wish to enquire if anyone has found the new goto
controls. I think that someone should be able to retrofit the key pad
to c14 that already has the drive motors. Those of us that have the
old c14 with the fork mount would like to be able to have the goto
features. If anyone has any information i would appreciate.
Clarence Sanders


astrodanco
 

--- In C14@y..., sand27921@y... wrote:
Those of us that have the
old c14 with the fork mount would like to be able to have the goto
features. If anyone has any information i would appreciate....
Take your old OTA, remove it from the fork arms and base, slap a
Losmandy dovetail bar on it, then mount it on your favorite
equatorial mount (be that Losmandy, Bisque Paramount, or
Astrophysics). Yes, a good mount can be much more expensive than the
C-14 OTA.

- Dan


rdcrisp
 

--- In C14@y..., "astrodanco" <danco@p...> wrote:
--- In C14@y..., sand27921@y... wrote:
Those of us that have the
old c14 with the fork mount would like to be able to have the
goto
features. If anyone has any information i would appreciate....
Take your old OTA, remove it from the fork arms and base, slap a
Losmandy dovetail bar on it, then mount it on your favorite
equatorial mount (be that Losmandy, Bisque Paramount, or
Astrophysics). Yes, a good mount can be much more expensive than
the
C-14 OTA.

- Dan
Dan is right on both points. Ditch that old fork mount and get a real
mount. You might even be able to sell the fork mount. Does it have
GOTO capability or can it be retrofitted? If so, it might make a good
mount for aiming a loop yagi tuned for Hydrogen at 1.4GHz. Thinking
about radio-astronomy....
rdc