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Posts Made By: Chris Dyess

October 11, 2004 07:13 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Where to live around LA for dark skies?

Posted By Chris Dyess
I live in Woodland Hills with the Santa Monica Mountains fairly close by. Beyond the mountains, to the west, is the ocean so it is certainly darker here than most places around LA. The mountains block much of the fog. Try the southern reaches of Woodland Hills or Calabasas in the hills. Not sure what you price range is because this area is fairly expensive.

October 24, 2004 05:53 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

So what's the problem with Meade????

Posted By Chris Dyess

I have owned a NGPS 11 and recently purchased a LX200 14" from Meade. I guess I am lucky because I have had zero problems. I am/was very pleased with both scopes. Both have their pros and cons and could do things better. No one is perfect. I have no complaints. All of this Meade bashing is a bunch of crap... both companies have their service issues (read the yahoo groups). I own a late model Porsche and BMW, believe me they have issues, but the driving experience is not diminished. Get real.

Meade is publicly traded. They have to make quarterly #'s. Coronado was probably going out of business. Get real people... this is a business... yeah there are better scopes... someday (hopefully soon)I'll get a RC or some other 20k++ setup. Until then I can deal with Meade and/or Celestron and be very satisfied. You get what you pay for and you have a choice where to spend your money.

October 29, 2004 02:12 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Pentax 40 XW?

Posted By Chris Dyess
Was considering a Panoptic 41 but based on my positive experience with the 20mm XW I purchased the 40mm XW 2 last weekend. My scope is a LX200 14". Great views, edge-to-edge. Expensive, but worth it. I also have a 31mm Nagler.

December 18, 2004 06:37 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

14"LX200GPS - UHTC

Posted By Chris Dyess
I have a LX200 14 and use Starry Night Pro (4.5) to guide it. Works great and is a big improvement over the HC. Use the serial port (or USB with adapter/converter) and plug it into the serial port on the LX200 base. Make sure your location (lat and log) and time are set to what the GPS gives you. This setup is very easy and accurate.

December 31, 2004 10:02 PM Forum: Meade

Jan. 3rd Announcement

Posted By Chris Dyess
Chapter 11

January 2, 2005 02:38 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Meade deep sky imager

Posted By Chris Dyess
There are 2 yahoo user groups with lots of pics and everything else you ever wanted to know about the DSI. Lots of info:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyImager/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade_DSI/

-Chris

January 4, 2005 04:41 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

meade?

Posted By Chris Dyess
I think their Customer Service Dept. was responsible for posting the product announcement

January 9, 2005 11:48 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Celestron CGE 1400 or Meade 14" GPS.

Posted By Chris Dyess
I just went through this in September and ended up with the Meade 14 inch. I put the Meade on the JMI wheely bars so I never have to do setups. Just wheel it out when I want to use it. I traded up from a N11 GPS. Went with the Meade because of some of the negative things I had read about the celestron software. Also wanted a F10 versus a F11, wanted the GPS (though it stays put), wanted a fork mount and the price was cheaper. You can't go wrong with either one.

March 3, 2005 03:36 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

New Meade Superwedge

Posted By Chris Dyess
Don't know about the RCX400 Superwedge... but the 14" Superwedge has the same problems as the 12" version. The 14" version has another plate added to it other than that it has the same specs. I just ordered a Mitty and will receive it on Friday.

June 3, 2005 11:35 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

10 inch AP for 4K??!!

Posted By Chris Dyess
Oops! Read Roland's response - Message #335795. Herb pulled the ad afterwards. Hope your friend didn't send any money!

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