I sold my refractor and so I'm bored... You may want to read this when a chance... http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/04/09/ups-vs-fedex-battle-of-the-bran ds/ Gilles

Joe, Been there, done that, have the t-shirt. Years ago when I took delivery of a mount that was shipped in 3 boxes, box 3 arrived first. I paid all the charges and was told by the driver, that the

What?? Right person, wrong war, wrong century....... I came, I saw, I conquered :)))) Kent ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. [Non-text portions of

Hi, Well the UPS screw up saga continues! That OPT shipment from California to Canada, I described below - and thought was finally out of courier hell - well UPS sent me a bill for all the

After accepting the futility of self-help, I gave AP tech support a call. 'Mechano-sleuths' Christine and Wally predicted binding of a gear in the RA motor 'box'. This was diagnosed by comparing

Hello all, I'm testing my 900GTO mount out (pier arriving soon!) and started looking at PEMPro. I have several questions, but the most important is: Will PEMPro work with my SBIG STV

Hi Mike, 1. Your database has probably corrupted. That is why M51 was reported as being below the horizon. The database corrupts when the volatile memory loses power. This can happen

Hi Howard, How far away is the horizon? Just an approximation. Marj mentioned that it was "real soon now" in mid January. I loaded up the Beta at that point and have had no problems. I know that

Hi Robert, Set your keypad to either 900 or 1200. The servo system is the same for all three mounts, the 900GTO, 1200GTO and Mach1GTO. The next firmware version will include a setting for the

Hi Rick: I have everything moved forward as much as possible. I have my Casady saddle offset mounted to the front. The FSQ is all the way forward in the rings and the dovetail is all the way forward,

To Joe Z.- I used 2 differant power supplies, including the new 'large'AP supply. Total weight of Traveler/ camera/stuff- about 35 lbs.- so not past mount capacity.Balance is accomplished by

Hi Bob, Just wondering how you manage to balance the FSQ with that massive Proline hanging off the back of it? Are you running counterweights on your mounting plates on the objective side? I am

Thank you so much to Eric, Konstantin, and Stuart! Best regards, Niels

Hi Joe: I have exactly the same problem on my AP900, same vintage, same light well balanced load of FSQ/miniborg/FLI Proline. I diagnosed it over the phone with AP, by swapping cables etc, to be a

I think there was a note in the AP900 manual about the LED colour changing to indicate a power stall. What load is the mount carrying - maybe you are over it's capacity? Joe

Haven't used the AP900 in a while. In spite of moon, (naturally) very clear night. Traveler with STV/miniborg/STL11000. AP900 most recent vintage. I believe very well balanced. Since I have an AP1200

Niels: If you can't find these screws from a local or EU supplier, you can order them through McMaster-Carr at <http://www.mcmaster.com>. Their part number is 92185A544 for a socket head cap screw,

It's in the manual, Mike. LOC:E means you are using external information in the mount to establish location and time rather than the presets in the keypads. Read the section "First Time with a Keypad"

Hello, <ou can find these screws by Mr. Neumann Jr.: http:// www.gerd.neumann.net/ Konstantin Konstantin v. Poschinger Hammerichstr. 5 22605 Hamburg 040/8805747 http://www.astro22605.de Am

Hi, I am preparing a special adapter plate to go on the declination head of my 900GTO (on the surface where you use to place a saddle plate.) We use the metric system in Denmark and I have not been