Hi John,

Thanks for the report. My new Digi-Key dec cord came yesterday. And we're
taking it for a spin tonight.


Clear Skies,


Joe Gomolski
33.22N 117.14W
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On Saturday, September 1, 2001, at 01:37 AM, John Teel wrote:

> Well I got my new 7' dec cable today and after double checking that it
> has the same
> pinout as the original I plugged it and it works great. This was
> definitely worth the
> money ($7.28 + shipping + a handling fee for a purchase under $20)! It's
> so nice to not
> even have to worry about the dec cord wrapping up again. You can spin
> the OTA around 2
> times before it even begins to wrap up. In the past I've always felt
> like I had to
> babysit large slews because I didn't want the dec cord to get tangled up
> and jam up the
> RA axis and the motor. That is no longer an issue. I highly recommend
> this longer cable
> to everyone and can't begin to imagine why Meade uses supplies a short
> cable anyways
> (come on Meade we're only talking probably $3 dollars extra).
>
> John
>
>> John,
>>
>> The following is a copy of a post from FLag. We will be ordering the
>> item
>> in the next week or two.
>>
>> "You can order Part Number H1883-07C-ND from www.digikey.com, which is a
>> 7-foot-long coiled cord, silver-gray in color (easier to find in the
>> dark)
>> that replaces the LX200 dec. cord. (Check to make sure they're wired it
>> correctly before using it; all you have to do is look at the colors of
>> the
>> wires where they go into the connectors.) H1883-10C-ND is 10 feet long,
>> if
>> you want even more length. The prices are, respectively, $7.28 and
>> $9.16."
>>
>>
>> John of
>> John & Bobbie Hilliard
>>
>> "The Stars are God's dreams,
>> Thoughts remembered in the silence of the night."
>> H.D. Thoreau
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 2:27 PM
>> Subject: [M]: Dec cord wrap
>>
>>
>>> Just curious if anyone has found a better solution than Meade's wound
>> type dec cord to
>>> prevent cord wrapping. Seems to me that a standard "straight" cord
>>> would
>> work better.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>>
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