Thanks for the commendation Steve, I thought the Typeface copyright would have expired by now, given how long the press has been in business. Guess there is no reason to change back from the IT equiva

Thanks Thomas, But you give my half of this engineering duo, far too much credit. Most of my personal attention to “signal-to-noise ratio”, outside astronomy, is distinguishing between Classical music

Hi Dale, Based on your advice regarding display Font usage - more correctly, selection of the more appropriate Typeface - I spent a few hours trying out the various Windows LIVE MAIL set-up choices, a

Hi Dale, Many thanks for my education on this FONTS issue. I was completely unaware of the history and origin of the COMIC SANS style use. Perhaps we should add selected font courtesy to those annoyin

Thanks Dale, That is good advice, on all counts. Appreciate your feedback. Yes, I have two AP mounts (AP-900 & AP-1200), so I am familiar with the CP3. The RJ-11 and RJ-12 sockets are indeed open and

Hi Dale, Everything you wrote is quite true, and I agree with “most” of your statements, on this ONE waterproofing issue. That said, the ONLY way to avoid the CP4 getting soaked on a heavier than norm

You’re welcome Elliot. Glad you enjoyed some of the tongue-in-cheeky commentary. The post came out of a lot of frustration over the past three years of using the new CP4 , but in any narrative, one ca

Chris, I don’t know who at AP has been “talking you up” on this “CP4 corrosion myth”, since I only had Marj posit that theory to me, and she not being technical, probably heard it from someone else on

Chris, We are both professional electrical engineers, and your points here, are so waaaaay off. An expensive and professional level electronics product like the CP4 ... should NOT require a paper or p

Hi, One further note of observation, on my original post on CP4 dew water entry. I should emphasize that the CP4’s “Achilles Heel” – the CP4 Ethernet RJ-45 connector – is most prevalent for those who

Hi, At long last, this is a heads-up ... “PRECAUTIONS to take” and easy FIXES for CP4 owners – after my TWO water-logged disasters. At the very least, check the (white) CP4 backside lower edge, for pr

Peter, (Pictures available on request). If I may suggest an alternative for you – I keep my “telescope control” laptop permanently inside a “LAPDOME” cover. This is a backyard open field setup. The he

Hi Dhaval, When my AP-900 clutch (nylon) plugs “MUSHROOMED” out into the channel space between the axle and the head/knobs – because I didn’t fully appreciate the warning in the manual, about the harm

Hi Tony, Just curious ... why you want to spend more $$$ for specifically a “WATERPROOF” case. There isn’t much that can get water logged, the motors should be well sealed themselves, even if the moun

Hi Stuart, Those Losmandy knobs are so large, that I could easily use a large “strap wrench” to tighten them down - hard. Seem to have held solidly, pretty well, untouched over the past decade, withou

Mike, and Joe R. You might be interested in having an ultra-precise bubble level resting on your mount fork base, to see if there is any rocking of your mount during “daytime slew tests”. When I suspe

Hi Mike, I use a massive Losmandy HD tripod, with its 1/4” thick pipe walls, as a permanent pier, so am not that familiar with the bolts provided for the AP mount base ring, or any problems with a sta

Joe, Just to confirm, since you use the RAPAS for polar alignment, did you ... perform the alignment of the RAPAS device, adjusting its three set screws, after doing a precise PemPro polar align first

Joe, It is far better to have “solidly locked/bolted” tripod parts, and then compensate for any “minor tilt” in the mount set upon it, to get polar aligned using PemPro at the equator. You can even pl

Joe, One other check – the Losmandy HD tripod head has “L-shaped slots“ for the LT2APM adapter’s three mount attachment screws. Make sure that you give the seated mount a hard twist to lock it in, aft