Kevin

While you're waiting to contact Meade you might want to check Doc G's site;
I seem to remember that he had a section describing taking the ETX apart to
stabilize the mirror etc. This included some photos that might be of help
and you may want to tackle the fix yourself. Here's the reference to his
discussion:
http://www.mailbag.com/users/ragreiner/etxguider.html#Top
Good luck.


Clear skies and ^S/N ratios
Gregg L. Ruppel

visit my astronomy page at:
http://www.biz1.net/~ruppelgl

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, December 25, 1999 11:30 AM
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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