Hi Drew I have a new Win 7 64 bit machine and have installed the Ascom 6 platform with the latest AP V2 beta24 driver then upgraded to beta 25 shortly thereafter. I had the same experience as Todd; si

Danny You can't go wrong with either the 900 or 1200. I chose the 900 because I planned on operating as a portable set up for the foreseeable future. The specs on the 900 say it can carry 70 lb. With

Last fall I also did the stupid thing and walked away and left the mount tracking after I was testing an updated software installation on my laptop. The next day, I found the mount had tracked around

Good idea Mike. Don't risk you expensive equipment by using a damaged cable. Not worth it! Cheers Don ________________________________ To: ap-gto@... Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 6:53:

If you have no plans to set up a permanent observatory, you really need to consider how big you are likely to go telescope wise. If you are going to be portable, you have to be realistic on how much w

Beautiful Pics Suresh! Don ________________________________ To: digital_astro@...; ap-gto@...; ImagesPlus@... Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 10:18:35 PM Subject: [

Dave Check you power supply and make sure the power cable connector is securely attached to the Servo box and to your power supply. You should check that the split pin in the power cable where it atta

Nick Can you put some precast cement blocks under the tripod legs? Don ________________________________ To: ap-gto@... Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 7:39:52 PM Subject: [ap-gto] Does Eagl

Nick Ok. I think I understand what you have there. Could you not get some scrap 3" or 4" pipe, cut three pieces the length you need, say 18" and weld a cap on top then insert these in the holes in the

Dwain From what I read, it sounds like you most likely won't be going really big OTA wise. My sense is that you would be well served with a Mach 1 or at the most a 900GOTO. I am 62 and find the 900 wi

Hi Dwain I second Parijat's comments. Welcome to the group. Don't let one person with a chip on his shoulder deter you. We are all here to learn more about the equipment we use in this hobby. Don ____

Floyd I have an AP900GOTO and use The Sky 6 serious astronomer version to control my mount via the AP Ver2 driver. The driver is far more fully featured than the native telescope driver built into The

Fantastic Pics Immo Don Anderson ________________________________ To: ap-gto@... Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 6:38:04 PM Subject: [ap-gto] Rosette Nebula imaged with 100% full moon He

I have one of the Alinco's as well. it works very well. Found you could get it for the same price as the 10A Pyramid and the Alinco is good for 30A. Don ________________________________ To: ap-gto@yah

Looks damn cold Gilles even thought it's mid summer!. Don ________________________________ To: ap-ug@...; ap-gto@... Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:53:38 PM Subject: [ap-gt

Parijat I have been following this thread with interest. I see you are saying you need a 5.5/2.5mm output plug with center positive terminal. Where do you plug the output of the laptop power supply in

Yes. I never thought the plug on the laptop brick would fit the CP-3 power plug. I will have to try my Sony laptop supply. It has the 19V 4.8A positive center output. I will have to check the plug dim

Hi Konstantin According to Roland (see below comment from Anthony), no 19V is ok. Don ________________________________ To: ap-gto@... Sent: Sunday, March 4, 2012 4:15:38 PM Subject: Re: [a

Ron Ron, I believe Steve is correct and that the hand controller time is probably off slightly. As you probably know, Park 1 position is very close to the North meridian. You can get around this by ad

Nicely done Suresh. Is this taken from your balcony? Don ________________________________ To: ap-ug@...; ap-gto@... Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 6:54:41 PM Subject: [ap-gto] Ro