Hi Roland, I have a practical doubt. What are the screws that remove the gearbox cover? The 4 located at the bottom or the 3 located in the side? Thank you,

I am a new member so forgive me if this question has been asked before. I have a new scope on order and hope it arrives soon. An observing friend of mine has the A-P Mach 1 mount and loves it

By the way, I doubt that any noise is coming from the motor itself. These run silently at all tracking and slewing speeds. Any noise might be coming from the gear train inside the gearbox. That's easy

Arc welders use very low voltage and very high current. High current means large magnetic fields. This can cause inductive coupling of electrical energy intonearby electronics cables. It can

Hi Ray, Do you have the link that allows me to install the Ascom / APCC versions that you recommend (unlike the Ascom note)? Thank you. Rémy

Ok thank you Rolando. Will do. Matt Hughes

The file you posted has no noises that George and I can hear. Please Contact George directly by calling so he can figure out what is happening. Rolando

I guess what I am asking is should you be able to hear anything from the motors while the mount is tracking?

Again it's best to contact tech support first and wait to see what they have to say before going on the group. In many instances we can determine what is your problem exactly, whereas in the group you

This noise just happens when the mount is tracking?

Hi Rolando, Yes I already emailed support@... before posting. My purpose was to attain if any other users had such a noise. Sorry that I was not clear. Matt

Thank you, Karen! Glenn

Issues like this would be best handled by our tech staff, not the user group. Rolando

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Hi, My AP 1100 has started to “creak”. I have uploaded a audio file so hopefully it can be played by those that are interested. I think it’s from one of the motors... guiding and mount

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Not sure about computers but the AP electronics are all ruggedized and tested for ESD exposure. They won't be affected. Rolando

Having some work done on the observatory before monsoonhits. The contractor needs to do some welding on the rails for theroll-off portion. He will be using an arc welder but will be some 18 feetor

Thank you all for your valuable comments! I can see there are mixed point of views however, the majority seems to be leaning toward to have a KP handy even if it is not used regularly. In this case, I