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Incidentally...
I had a couple of illuminating conversations a month or so ago.
First one was to Andrews' coms. I was basically trying to sort the fact from fiction wrt the 16" GSO RC which is ostensibly in the pipeline. The price they were quoting was $4500. I asked about optical quality, they said 1/20th of a wave p-v. I responded something along the lines of; look, I would be satisfied if you could guarantee a good honest 1/4 wave.... I have the means to verify this interferometrically via a (professional) third party, would you be prepared to stand by the quality of this product?... all I'm asking for is a genuine 1/4 wave. Their response was jaw dropping... quote: Look, we would not be interested in selling this telescope to you on those terms, I suggest you call Bintel, they are the people you should deal with!
I was speechless.
Next conversation was to someone I have known personally for decades and has been in the business for almost as long. I wont say who, but I am sure a lot of you know him as well. He said that GSO (as of 6 weeks ago) had no intention whatsoever of producing a complete 16" RC OTA... period. And that was direct from the horses mouth. He went on to say that A coms sell 'grey imports' that are not backed by a factory warrantee. Which explains a bit.
Anyway.... keep that in mind when you go to buy your RC12.
hope that helps,
-c
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