[Iain]

I recently purchased a secondhand Meade Wedge and adapter plate. After setting everything, I find the the OTA looks like it is trying to align with the NCP. My first attempt resulted in the dew shield being wiped out !

My setup is as follows :-
One single tripod leg is pointing to the SCP, the plate has its surface angled to the North, the telescope handles are underneath the forks which are pointing to the SCP, the LNT module,red dot finder and the viewfinder are all on top of the OTA, The tripod is well levelled and there is a measured 90 degrees between the OTA and the forks, my lattitude is set to 35 degrees (I am in New Zealand), and the scope is set to Polar Mode.

I am obviously doing something wrong - but what !

All help appreciated.