Sonny I know I am better off LOL... without the AVX. It worked well when it worked. Good to introduce me to a GEM mount. It had two trips back to Celestron. The last time after three or four hours of nice usage it whent up in smoke. My guess
dew must have shorted out a motor or something, I dont know. That's when I knew I was done with Chinese mounts. Interesting note on the soft start motors. I will have remember that. Gemini 2 has worked well for me. It is not too difficult, I am finding new
stuff about it such as night mode ect...Their is alot going on inside of it, I dont think I will need all of it though. No need to be sorry on the YouTue chanel, I was actually Looking up videos on AWO Aiair Pro and Eagle 3 micro computers when I saw Sonny
Edmonds chanel , I knew it had to be your chanel. Thank you Sonny, HAPPY SKIES and good star hunting.?
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From: Sonny Edmonds <sonnyedmonds@...>
Date: 2/10/20 10:41 AM (GMT-06:00)
Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] First Light, first night, Wow! GM811GHD under the stars.
Hi Deric,
I think you will be better off putting the AVX in the past. I know I am.
I don't damn the AVX, but I certainly damn the corporate philosophy.
My AVX was a hard teacher. But I did make it work.
And now, I'm loving my new Losmandy mount! I can truly appreciate how good it is!
One of the nuances I've noticed is the motors are what we call "Soft Start". the drivers ramp up the current so they gently start the load moving.
Many might not know about that, but I do from my Electrical background.
I think the learning curve is going to be much easier, and much better than the old AVX. My learning curve with the AVX had a lot of boulders rolling down on me. LOL!
The Gemini 2 seems to perform amazingly better. Just watching it in Stellarium is totally different in a very good way.
Sorry you had to find my Youtube channel. I will amend my signature to make it easier.
I hope you enjoyed some of it.
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SonnyE
