I Brent,
I have the Orion Awesome Autoguider package and find it works great. You have to have the extension tube in to reach focus, but that should come with it. The only hassel I have is finding a star. Its a bit fiddly using the screws on the scope rings to find a star. I have now got one of these
http://www.bintel.com.au/Astrophotog...oductview.aspx but havn't got it mounted yet. This should make finding stars a bit easier. I havnt used any other method so cant say how good it is compared to anything else but as a total beginer I found it easy.