Thanks for he tips Brian V!
I was asking for some explanation for something else and Brian asked for my PHD2 logs. He made a couple of recommendations about PPEC settings, and tonight I set a new personal best for guiding my G11
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Anthony Q
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Re: Mount sales must be doing great, glad I already ordered!
Right now new orders are 10-12 weeks estimated lead time. for existing orders, many of them at the longer end of the estimate are getting ready for shipment. We are shipping out orders every day.
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Brian Valente
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Re: Mount sales must be doing great, glad I already ordered!
Sunday will be 9 weeks (Ordered March 7th)? I've been calling and adding more stuff to my order as I wait.? Waiting is expensive, I keep thinking of more little parts, knobs and stuff I should get
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David Malanick
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Re: Mount sales must be doing great, glad I already ordered!
Hello Jason, You should be very close now from what I have read. It is hard to wait but it will be worth it. Maybe Brian, will chime in here with a better ETA. HAPPY SKIES TO YOU AND KEEP LOOKING UP
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Deric Caselli
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Re: Mount sales must be doing great, glad I already ordered!
Does anyone have an idea of current new mount lead times? I ordered a GM811G on March 11th, so tomorrow is 8 weeks. My emails have gone unanswered and the number goes to a voicemail, so I figure
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Jason Close
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Re: Editing posts - please don't
Proofreading is even older.. :-)) Derek _____ Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2021 4:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] Editing posts - please don't I have only ever used
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Derek C Breit
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Re: Still some DEC issues
Alan, Did you mention what capture software you are using? Please see attached screenshot for the dither settings for SGPro. Here you can change the size of the dither, the number of frames before a
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John Kmetz
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Re: Still some DEC issues
A good puzzle, Alan. Your mount has spring loaded RA and DEC. The RA is the G11 type drive and the DEC is the GM8 type. The RA and DEC are orthogonal. The only way a vibration from.DEC could affect RA
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Michael Herman
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Re: Editing posts - please don't
I have only ever used groups.io as a forum.? Just about the last thing I want is more emails. The way I use groups.io, each separate forum is its own channel. I make the occasional spellnig erraz
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Pete
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Re: Is someting missing?
Brian, I just watched the wavy washer video.? Two things: 1. I expected to see workers from a laundry greeting me by raising their arms in greeting (wavy washers...). 2.? I had no idea the wavy
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Pete
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Re: Is someting missing?
With the wavy washers and the spacer/slip rings ordered, I shall rebuild my mount and see how well it works in its existing worm and bearing configuration before making changes.? Change one variable
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Pete
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Re: Clutch knob Question
Thanks, Derek for the suggestion. It works great in keep the declination motor cable from fouling with the clutch knobs. The yogurt tub has been retired from service. Russ
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Russell Milton
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Re: Gemini-2 momentarily went haywire
Thanks for your thoughts, Michael. I'm hoping the board is bit less than you are quoting. Desoldering the old encoder chip and soldering in a few dozen 0.5mm(?) connectors sounds like an extreme
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John Kmetz
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Re: Is someting missing?
Hi gang, The wavy style washers, and the cup-shaped Belleville spring washers, are used commonly in mechanical systems. Their purpose is to provide a rather constant axial force, vs a force that would
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Michael Herman
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Re: Is someting missing?
Hey P. That sounds good. Please make sure to check out our wavy washer video on our YouTube channel as well Brian Brian Valente portfolio brianvalentephotography.com
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Brian Valente
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Re: Is someting missing?
@Les Niles, My mount currently does not have "wavy washers."? It has true Belleville washers which Brian says are not supported by Losmandy.? I have therefore ordered a pair of Losmandy wavy washers
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Pete
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Re: Gemini-2 momentarily went haywire
David, Thanks for the info. Please see attached photo with board label. The chip you mentioned seems like it has a few dozen pins. I am capable on doing some fine soldering, but that many connections
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John Kmetz
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Re: RA spikes towards west
Hej :) Good to hear! Best, Magnus Den 2021-05-04 kl. 17:03, skrev Carl Bj?rk:
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Magnus Larsson
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Re: RA spikes towards west
Nice Carl! A Bad PEC is worse than no PEC at all
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Brian Valente
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Re: Gemini-2 momentarily went haywire
insertion. Keys were added to the Gemini 2 nearly a decade ago, so this is not an issue with Gemini 2
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Brian Valente
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