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finally assembled my Frankenquide set-up here, and ummm, 'IT' GUIDES!!- LMAO- i bent every rule there is but did it MY way- LOL, i didnt even 3 star polar align. i just set the mount down and aimed at polaris- fed M43 into the handcontrol and i was WAY off- so i loosened the stuff and put M43 in the EP, then went to M41 and recentered that too- stuck in the webcam, stretched the crap out of eveything and got 3 stars in it, opened PHD, i didnt even set the lat/long- i was at 00-00-00 for each- LOL, then pushed a bunch of buttons and PHD calibrated N-S-E-W even backlash stuff- what got me is i got the green light and it said CALIBRATED!!- so i pushed the dummy guide button and went in to change my underwear-LOL, came back out a 1/2 hour later and that star was still sitting in that X!- so i gotta get this 66mm guidescope mounted on the 6"SCT now- so im gonna get me a couple rolls of duck tape tomorrow- mise well do it right huh?- LOL, funny thing, i didnt even list the right scope in PHD or use the right cable or even the guide port!- i just stuck a phone plug in the handcontroller- LOL- so all i ended up spending was $4bucks for a brand spankin new phone plug!!! i cant believe i wasnt polar aligned, wrong info fed into just about everything and still kept that star DEAD CENTER with a neximage webcam!- you know, sometimes i dont where these dealers have their brains at- if ONE came up with a simple 'USB' webcam that had 1 SECOND exposure-cripe, theyd make a fortune on it
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