Nice pics, But the text at bottom of first image is yellow - unreadable Joe

Hi Mal, Thanks for the info, I went through the AP accessory list, and came across Roland's justification, as you describe. The DOVEM2 is a nice design because as you say - simply set the dovetail hor

Ruben, Everything is fine - even the music. I was trying to read the paragraph at the bottom, but "yellow text" on the white background, made it unreadable. I'm using high speed internet cable, and IE

Thanks Ruben, The blue background works. Now I can read your info. Something else: every time I click on any selection on your pages, IE7 gives me a warning: "Click to run an ActiveX Control on this p

Hi Louis, If so, I did download JAVA form Sun, and have been running it with a lot of website scripts, without this error. I believe Microsoft withdrew their JAVA in XP SP1A. Anyway, the SUN JAVA proc

Hi Georgio, Is there any chance that the weight of the Pentax is causing the OTA to sag or shift , depending on the mount position? If you use an autoguider, on a different finder than the OTA, it mig

Sure would be nice if software programs had a Table of DEC angles versus Safety Limits. That way, we wouldn't have to worry about the scope or equipment striking the pier. The software would know the

Hi, For the benefit of those of us NOT living in the USA, and not having access to this TRAVEL channel ... Could some record the AP movie segment, and put "John Ratzenberger's Made in America TV progr

Czesc Dominik, Jak sie masz? Just as a side note on most "elastomer keypads" (like those on your TV remote) in general. I don't know if this is the same type as inside the AP keypad, though. I have fo

Hi, I would appreciate some advice about using the SPA versus RPA. I recently purchased the RPA with my new AP900, since it looked like a better, wiser, choice. Now I am considering a second pier adap

Hi Rick, Whose site was the FTP download link? The stations or this group's, an in what section (Files, Photo)? Anyway, I did a general search on "Ratzenberger", and saw all the messages of many other

Thanks Kent - that was just the answer I was looking for. Now I'm glad I got the RPA, and will likely go for another. Although I plan on making a permanent pier, I'm not yet ready to commit to full "r

Good point, Kent. I had forgotten about the side screws - AP warns against our even touching them. I was considering drilling a hole for a locking set screw - about half inch inward from the gap of on

Hi Dominik, Glad to hear that all is well, after the fix. For the rest of us, perhaps, you could clarify, just in case we run into a similar problem. In anticipation of other's questions, (Marj was no

Thanks Jeff, That reinforces my decision to stay with RPA's on both tripod and fixed pier. Actually, I had also considered having a machinist (horizontally & vertically) "notch out" the pier mounting

Thanks Dominik, Are there two PCB's inside - one is the keypad, and the other, the processor and display? I think Marj may be wondering if you had a problem just with the keypad PCB ( which is made by

Rick, I've spent more than a couple of hours going through the messages containing the elusive "Ratzenberger" to find the magic link. Email me the link off line, if you have it. Thanks, Joe

Hi Kent, The way I figured it - the G11 head, complete, is 39 lbs, and no fun lifting into position. The AP900 RA with fork is 35 lbs. Add the RPA (about 5 lbs), and we are back into the G11 weight ca

Hi Kent, Yes, I dislike using the term "fork", for this AP mount's part, but that is what they call the "pair of vertical plates and bottom plate" that support the Polar axle. I guess it really looks

Hi Tom, Yes, I forgot about that error. I was probably thinking about the TOTAL weight of the mount, if I were to lift it fully RA + DEC assembled (minus weights and bar). That is almost the same as m