Looking through the latest Sky & Space magazine I noticed an advertisement for the new Skywatcher EQ6 Go To mount. The company listing the mount is " TelescopeShop.com.au " who hail from WA. At $1995 the mount seemed like a pretty good deal particularly as it incorporates the new Version 3 Synscan. Freight was quoted at $30 which in my opinion was quite reasonable. I decided to go ahead with the purchase and rang the company last Monday morning and it arrived on Thursday morning which is pretty good going this time of year. The mount was sent directly by courier from Tasco Sales in Brookvale and arrived in perfect condition. What really surprised me is that it was the white EQ6 Pro version (not the black one shown in the ad) which is a bonus as I have the HEQ5 Pro version as well. I have it on good authority that the Version 3 controller will hook straight up to my HEQ5 Pro with no problems. The HEQ5 currently has Version 2.05 which is perfectly adequate but it will be interesting to see how V3 performs. Apart from the usual supplied cables, the mount also came with a 300mm dovetail bar which should come in quite handy. Two 5.1 kg weights are supplied instead of only one 5.1 kg with the HEQ5.
This purchase definitely brought on the rain around Sydney the last few days , can't wait to give it a try out though. I mainly bought the EQ6 to mount a Vixen NA 140SSf refractor which is on order and hopefully it should prove to be a good combination.
Needless to say I have no affiliation with the company who supplied the mount but would like to say that the service was superb in every respect.
Cheers, Steve B