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3 hours ago, kirkster501 said:

The weather is not looking good in The Midlands.  A ton of rain these last few days and more predicated today.   As per normal for any much publicised astronomical event......

Again, gutted 

Steve

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Steve

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COPD must be awful, pray that the cold & flu viruses don't visit. I get very wary around people now, regarding passing their viruses onto me.

I'm afraid Strictly rules our Household as well, Hugh. But I get my own back with Match of the day.

Steve

Hi Hugh,

I'm just getting over a chest infection the bacterial infection has finally left me with. Pretty scary when you are an asthmatic. The work you have put in this project is pretty amazing and the pcb boards look very profesional indeed. I'm hoping to pick up, where I left off, next week, when I get my strength back.

Steve

I use an OAG with both my Tal 200K and my Dual AA80 Triplet / WO Star 71 setups on my Avalon Linear with no issues. The Tal 200K has a 3.5" Baader diamond focuser attached, together with filterwheel, OAG & a Atik 460.

Steve

Hi Ralf, and a very warm welcome to the Lounge. Good tip is to look for the "fishing special buys" at Aldi or Lidl. The warm winter clothing is brilliant and not expensive.

Steve

That's some photo hoover Francis. Cracking images for such short exposures. How well does it hold focus during a session?

Steve

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If it is the Tal diagonal, then yes, the bottom plate can be removed and four adjustment screws are accessible for fine tuning the diagonal.

Steve

Hi Francis, and WOW. This should be interesting..... Awaiting first trial and photos..........Don't forget the photos, with bated breath.

Steve

5 hours ago, hughgilhespie said:

Hi Steve,

Sorry to hear that you are poorly and I wish you a speedy recovery. There is no rush and no pressure, so take your time and get fully fit before starting the build.

I am still plugging away at trying to teach myself KiCad so that I can replace the American sourced nRF24L01 breakout board with a PCB. Assuming I am successful - which is quite an assumption - the boards will be available directly from Aisler.net in Germany. The main problem I am having is that there have been very big changes in the latest version of KiCad (5.1.4) and all of the hundreds of Youtube videos that are available use an earlier version so the commands are different. I am slowly getting there but it is a struggle!

Anyway, take care, take it easy and make a full recovery.

Regards, Hugh

 

 

Hi Hugh,

For my sins, I was a professional CAD engineer for many years. SolidWorks, SolidEdge & Catia 3D. Still wish I'd been given a career direction into software development though.

Steve

17 hours ago, Gina said:

Oh dear!  Get well soon Steve.

Thanks Gina. Had a good night's sleep last night, which seemed to help a tad.

Steve

Hi Hugh,

It seems the project is has been thrown a bit of a curve ball. I have recently arrived back from an extended holiday and have fallen foul of a nasty bacterial infection that has knocked me sideways somewhat. I will have a look at the updated info and continue the build once I'm fit and well to proceed the soldering tasks. 

Kind regards

Steve

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Hi Ruzeen, and welcome back to the Lounge. Nice rendition of M45 😀

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Hi Tim, and a very warm welcome to the Lounge. From a fellow Notts lad 

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