http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/ Meade Telescope Discussions Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:27:39 GMT Rod Mollise http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14763 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14763 Actually, I tried this system. Not perfect, but no worse than Celestron. Shutting it down was a huge mistake in light of the fact that people seem to have a Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:15:36 GMT John Mahony http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14762 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14762 ... I definitely agree, but Meade can be painfully bad in the communication dept. Note that they don't even have an email address- what other corporation in Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:47:03 GMT toxo144 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14761 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14761 Three Cheers for Uncle Rod!! I too bought a defective LX90 a few weeks ago, and two replacement scopes through Skies Unlimited have also been defective. But Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:05:51 GMT Rod Mollise http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14760 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14760 Meade has not refused to fix it and his dealer has not refused to refund his money or exchange it for another scope. So where is there a need for lemon laws or Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:02:29 GMT Rod Mollise http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14759 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14759 Y'all BOTH need to watch it. As we all know, "Uncensored" does NOT include FLAMES. Peace, Rod Mollise Author of Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:19:42 GMT lynol1000 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14758 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14758 After a few weeks of hashing things out with Dick and Andrew there is a project Dick (the AuxBus breakout project for want of a better name) is working on for Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:05:34 GMT johansea http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14757 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14757 Gday Thad ... I doubt it. Basic SMT electronic components dont fail as consistently as this bug appears to be now. The bug i found in the early GPS cards was Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:17:51 GMT Thad Floryan http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14756 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14756 ... One could speculate further that other parts, possibly capacitors, may have been "blessed" by a bean counter's frugalness. ... Precisely one of the points Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:08:45 GMT John Mahony http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14755 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14755 Do you just join yahoo groups at random? How else did you get here without even seeing the title of the group? -John Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:06:55 GMT Thad Floryan http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14754 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14754 ... Good point! But this highlights Meade's current situation when even an experienced and knowledgeable person such as Mike is frustrated per: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:52:10 GMT johansea http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14753 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14753 Gday I was one of the people who tried to help Mike with some ideas for tests when he first found the problem in his scopes. His data "seems" to preclude Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:27:16 GMT Warp http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14752 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14752 I can't speak for the LX90 mount as I am using a LXD75 - which rewards me night after night with good gotos and tracking. I do have the 8" SCT which aside Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:54:05 GMT Rod Mollise http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14751 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14751 Mike knows more about most things than most people. No, you don't need to tell him what he could do vis-a-vis the Attorney General. Peace, Rod Mollise Author Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:36:49 GMT Thad Floryan http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14750 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14750 ... I'd have to research all that first, and it seems you've already done an excellent job of it per your comments here and in sct-user. Mike would likely be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:31:56 GMT plalbrecht http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14749 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade-Uncensored/message/14749 ... It's worth noting that Meade seems to be run by and for lawyers these days. Witness how many lawsuits they've been involved in -- Celestron, RCOS, etc. So,