Hi Kevin,

Nice Christmas gift...too bad it wasn't problem free. Best thing to do is
send it back and let Meade worry about it. You'll just have to put off
using it for about a week...tough to do with a new toy. Happy holidays.

Al
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, December 25, 1999 12:30 PM
Subject: [M]: ETX Help


> Just got the basic ETX Astro as a very cool Christmas gift - with the
intent
> of using it as a guidescope on my LX200 - and was a bit disappointed when
the
> focusing knob fell off and the shaft slipped back into the OTA....
>
> Ive looked at this for a while and think the best alternative is to return
> and replace the scope - but does anyone have experience with this? It
looks
> like it would be necessary to open the OTA and remove the secondary as
welll
> as primary to put this back together and Im concnerned about getting it
all
> back together - aligned properly and unscratched....
>
> Thanks in advance and Merry Christmas to all!
>
>
>
> Kevin
> See my Astro Web Site at: <A
HREF="http://members.aol.com/pleiade0/astro">http
> ://members.aol.com/pleiade0/astro</A>
>
>

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