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Originally Posted by BPO
Also, if you can afford a mount that is better than an EQ8 you may as well go ahead and install something like a PME, or even an ASA DDM. On the other hand, an EQ8 may do just as well so long as you're able to communicate and power it whenever you want to. The best gear is worthless if you can't do that.
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The EQ8 is great for a remote scope if you are using EQMOD. For some reason, Skywatcher have neglected to allow the Synscan handset to be controlled remotely from power-on, which is a shocking omission (please correct me if things have changed!), but EQMOD has no such issues.
One issue that can arise with the EQ8 is the loss of home position on power failure if the scope is not parked. The Auto-home feature is not an ascom feature so cannot be controlled through eqmod. Fortunately Skywatcher have put together a utility to do that (
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/...ns/topics/1114) but it would require that you remote access your observatory pc to run it.
I have never had to use it in anger, but I can imagine one day powering down the scope accidentally before parking it!!!!