Thread: Tak EM-200 polar scope illumination problem
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Old 09-08-2016, 11:45 AM
johngwheeler (John)
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Originally Posted by Dennis View Post
Hi John

In my EM 200 Temma 2, the red LED that illuminates the Reticule is just crimped/soldered onto 2 floating wires and if those wires are moved, the LED fails to illuminate the Reticule.

I tweaked my LED position by carefully poking a small, rounded end wooden dowel down the hole at the front of the DEC housing and gently nudged the two wires, through trial and error until the FOV was illuminated evenly.

However, if the red LED does not work or the reticule is just not visible for some reason, you can always use the QHY PoleMaster (sold by Gama Electronics) to achieve excellent polar alignment.

Cheers

Dennis
Hi Dennis,

Another question for you. Is the position of the reticle on the polar scope tube fairly obvious? I imagine there is some kind of opening in the tube to allow the LED to shine on the reticle, so it would be handy to know where this is so that the LED can be more accurately positioned.

Thanks again,

John
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