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Sorry Ken, not ignoring you, your first post must have been while I was typing last time.
Yes, that AZEQ5 was one of the options I had been thinking about, only problem is that they do not seem to be THAT much cheaper than the AZEQ6. Though they do seem to have an interesting take on the alt adjustment with what looks like a worm gear adjustment on the altitude instead of the problematic NEQ6 alt bolts, or even the better designed single bolt setup on the AZEQ6.
Maintaining tracking would be the main thing, maintaining goto is a "Nice to have", if you really want goto back after releasing clutches you could always switch off, switch on and redo the star alignment. Just the AZEQ seems to have the best of both worlds (Three worlds actually, manual pointing, alignment maintained after manual pointing plus the convenience of AltAz in the eyepiece staying easy to get to no matter where you are pointed.
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