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Old 12-02-2006, 10:10 AM
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Striker (Tony)
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HI Julian,

Firstly I found the Astromeccanica kit is more designed for the experienced user and on top of that they really didn't design the kit to be used in the southern hemisphere...this may have changed by now but I had problems with software and getting any real accuracy with goto functions.

But the real problem was the RA drive would just stop after around half an hour which again was software related in the kit itself.....this also has been fixed through a firmware update but at the time I had had enough and returned the system....the customer service from Poala in Italy was very good and he always returned my emails.....

For my use after having the opertunity to use both this kit and the Skyscan I most definetly would go for the skyscan but from all reports the Astromeccanica kit is better....my opinion would not be so bias if i didn't have all the problem associated with the kit.
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