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I am getting ready to setup my permanent (SkyShed) pier and I am a little confused by the Losmandy pier adapters / extensions. I have the G11G HD mount with a 4" pier adapter. Using my SVX102T with

Ken and the Group, That’s a great idea. ?I never considered using a soft case to carry the legs. ?In fact, I own a much larger version of the Orion soft case you referenced to carry a Meade AR-5

I use one of these but they may not be available anymore - https://www.amazon.com/Orion-15146-48-5x9-5x10-5-Inches-Telescope/dp/B0000XMTPG I also use one of these to transport the OTA and mount

Greetings to the group, Has anyone considered building a carrier or caddy to organize and transport Losmandy tripod legs? This might seem trivial, but I'm just looking for the most efficient way to

I've used a hot air gun (set to the lowest temperature and high velocity) to try to blow the stuff from under the chip, but I suppose some still remained. An ultrasonic cleaner might be a better

I never worked on Gemini units, but from my experience I agree with not using solder paste without a stencil. Trying it without stencil only needs much more time applying the paste and then for

I’m sure it was just my amateur skills, but all solder paste helped me do is bridge all the pins together in one shot ;) I’m sure a proper stencil would’ve helped, but drag soldering worked

I had been using reflow techniques with a rework station which works perfectly on high density packages. Solder paste works very well where you need to set up many pads for a single device. -- Chip

Have to say, drag soldering is an amazingly effective technique. The few SMD chips I replaced previously were always a struggle, and I tried solder paste and soldering individual pins. Drag soldering

It’s actually not *that* hard using a drag soldering tip (the ones that have a concave end to hold some solder). I’ve done it myself a few times, and only needed to do a bit of cleanup with

I draw the line at 20-30 pin packages. Don't even want to think about replacing a 128 pin ARM chip :)

Yeah Paul has been doing his hand at some G2 ICs R&R and is doing well (another notch in his belt of skills)! David partridge, Michael and I and even others, Losmandy!. ?Many electronic repair places

You and me both, I learn something new and often relearn something here every time I read these posts. -- Chip Louie Chief Daydreamer Imagination Hardware Astrospheric Forecast - South Pasadena,

For a skilled small electronics person SMD repairs are not a big deal. But you 100% need a good SMD rework station and some reflow materials to put them back together.? There are also some health and

David Partridge, in the UK can also do PCB repair work.

Fritz, Glad you got it worked out though you had to buy the replacement. The PCB components are machine soldered at the manufacturer and are extremely difficult to remove and replace by most people.

Alright, thought I’d close this out. New board installed and zero issue now with the mount. Swings the RC10 around easily and guiding last night seemed to be alright (bit of clouds and only initial

Hi Folks, An official new version of Gemini firmware Level 6.1 and Hand Controller firmware v1.63 are now available for your Gemini. A few ways to update to this version: 1. Use GFU app (

Thanks for that? Aliexpress link. I have ordered it. Roger

Hi Roger, Astro-Gadget sells a couple of these cables ( https://astro-gadget.net/gadgets/cables/losmandy-gemini-2-rj9-usb-pc-cable-7m ). The link gets you their 7m version for Gemini 2, but they also