http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/ RoboScope Thu, 15 May 2008 15:56:33 GMT Christopher Erickson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10360 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10360 It is my understanding that the LXD-75 has ball bearings and it is the LXD-55 that did not. At any rate, the CG-5, LXD-55 and LXD-75 are all Chinese. If you Thu, 15 May 2008 12:19:20 GMT Freddy Diaz http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10359 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10359 So, Do you think these can be a good substitute or upgrade to DS/DH/ETX gears? Freddy ... From: RoboScope@yahoogroups.com [mailto:RoboScope@yahoogroups.com] On Thu, 15 May 2008 11:26:24 GMT Sijtze S. van Dellen http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10358 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10358 ... buy an ... Hi Tom, Thanks. The vixen type mount is just to expensive for me. The celestron cg5 has ballbearings on both axis en the lxd75 doesn't. By the Wed, 14 May 2008 23:27:47 GMT George Cushing http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10357 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10357 I had a 1244 focuser apart (found a split motor output gear). Uses the same MOSFETS (9933 and 9936) as the DS motors for the H-bridge and has a LM7805. G. Wed, 14 May 2008 23:22:08 GMT George Cushing http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10356 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10356 Yeah, those RJ10 4P4C modular connectors are pain to find. The 25' hand set cables use them. I got a bag of 100 on eBay for $6 delivered from Hong Kong. See Wed, 14 May 2008 22:53:50 GMT George Cushing http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10355 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10355 Spent some time to do a drawing comparing the Gizmo gear against the small DS/DH/ETX gear that has been the subject of many failures. As you can see from the Wed, 14 May 2008 22:39:14 GMT http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10354 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10354 Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the RoboScope group. File : /DS-Gear.JPG Wed, 14 May 2008 17:35:17 GMT Tom Duggan http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10353 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10353 ... Yep.....they bolt right on... I do believe you have to have a shorter RA bolt, though... What is wrong with the LXD75 that you want to replace it with a Wed, 14 May 2008 07:18:52 GMT Sijtze S. van Dellen http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10352 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10352 I'm a newbie to this. I've got an meade lxd75 mount but want to buy an celestron cg-5 mount. Is it possible to add the lxd75 motors and autostar to the Wed, 14 May 2008 04:19:09 GMT autostaretx http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10351 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10351 ... Oh, no... don't do that... i'm merely suggesting alternatives. have fun --dick ... +0000Subject: [RoboScope] Clone 909 - Re: Meade #909 APM ... Dick,> > Wed, 14 May 2008 02:26:16 GMT Frank Mraz http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10350 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10350 Dick, OK...I retract my request.Frank To: RoboScope@...: rseymour@...: Wed, 14 May 2008 01:08:50 +0000Subject: [RoboScope] Clone Wed, 14 May 2008 01:08:51 GMT autostaretx http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10349 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10349 ... Since the almanac/ephemeris only need be updated about once per month, i'd be tempted to go out during the daytime, plug in the GPS (without the 909 in Tue, 13 May 2008 23:30:19 GMT Frank Mraz http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10348 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10348 Dick, It is your "D" that I need.Frank To: RoboScope@...: rseymour@...: Tue, 13 May 2008 21:13:28 +0000Subject: [RoboScope] Clone Tue, 13 May 2008 23:29:47 GMT Frank Mraz http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10347 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10347 Dick, Sorry....."B"Frank To: RoboScope@...: rseymour@...: Tue, 13 May 2008 21:13:28 +0000Subject: [RoboScope] Clone 909 - Re: Tue, 13 May 2008 21:13:30 GMT autostaretx http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10346 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/10346 ... The feed-through AUX socket i described would provide that from the primary scope power. I expect that the circuit traces on the Meade power panel can