meade 2nd time

[mozzie (Peter)]

well it's been several months since meade took back my lx200 14" and have replaced it with a new one... it's arrived today and i'm stocked the scope in general visually is in much better condition then my old one,my old one seemed to be a five to five on a friday job and i can't complain with the australian retailer they have gone completely out of there way to make this wright and it has cost them quiet a lot of money...i'm hoping to do some viewing tonight but the cloud is hear at the moment as the weekend isn't looking to good,i'll post a report to see how first light has gone..here's hoping everything is wright this time !!!!!!

oh iv'e only a couple of days to use the scope on a boat cruise for 10 days early next week

[Barrykgerdes]

Hi Peter

Nice to know that it has arrived and ready for action.
However you know that you will be the cause of a lousy holiday weekend. There will be rain and clouds etc.

Barry

[casstony]

Good to see it's all sorted Peter. Perhaps you could name the retailer - it's nice to know who's giving good after sales service.

Which particular aberrations did the first ota suffer from?

[mozzie (Peter)]

well in for a quick cuppa tea.. the seeing is quiet poor but very enjoyable as that front is coming up..well i struggled with alignment stars cloud everywhere skipping stars till i got 2 i could see aligned successful and know lets see !!!!!!! wow every object perfect in centre of eyepiece all over the sky..the best couple of hours iv'e had in 12 months not struggling with scope at all.......woooooooohooooooooo i'm bloody excited.....

i don't want to say to much about the old scope but it was a terrible goto problem....and the retailer i bought the scope of was bintel....and let's just say they bent over backwards to get this fixed as barry also knows the scope was at his house to...everybody involved has been fantastic and it has been much appreciated.... even meade got straight onto it and sorted it out....
what more can you ask for..well finish this cuppa and back out there before the rain comes ....

[allan gould]

Great to see that Bintel stepped up to the plate but they generally do. I've had excellent service from them in the past but it doesn't stop the heartache in between and it sooooooo difficult to keep on pushing at times.
Great you are now satisfied and enjoy the new scope as it's great when it all works well.

[Hagar (Doug)]

Good to hear all is well with this new scope Peter.

I hope you all have a great time on your cruise. Talk to you when you get back.

[mozzie (Peter)]

had a nice 6 hours in the eyepiece friday night and the scope went flawlessly pointing accuracy was within 2 arc mins all night and viewed 50 odd objects in all parts of the sky so one happy camper it had been a long 12 months...

set the computer on the telescope this morning unparked rigel kent,hadar,canopus all in centre of eyepiece another .well lets hope for some clear nights!!!!!!!!!