I am relatively new to astrophotography and recently notices an unusual issue I haven’t seen discussed.
I have noticed and minimized some RA backlash, an noticed some issues in Dec but the issue seems different than backlash.
When slewing around in the Dec, I find when I change directions, for the first second it actually slews the opposite direction before actually going the direction I want
This has caused obvious issues guiding as when it does a correction in Dec the guide star will shoot off out of the trackers view and I usually get a warning about a cable snag or something else. Because from PHDs view it’s trying to push South but it’s heading waaay off North for that initial bit
It’s not a lack of initial response like my experience with backlash, but it’s as if the first few pulses aren’t in the right direction.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I have resorted to North or South only in Dec guiding as a bandaid solution but would like to solve this issue outright.