Fred, was that your offer to start funding forum member PME purchases? If so, I'll take one for sure!!
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Good write up, No doubt you'll love your dob in a few months... I loved my EQ mount like nothing else when I first got it, after having the dob I thought the EQ was the coolest thing since sliced bread... A few months down the track, I miss the simplicity of my Dob...