It was loud enough when I called Meade that while just tracking they could
hear it two foot away over the phone. They thought it was static on my
phone line.... It works ok after the first light test. We will see what
happens.

Another thing I noticed... I just sold my original (one of the first) ETX,
and it was much more solid and smooth, the focus seems to almost bind...not
very smooth. I half wish I would have kept my original ETX.....

Thanks again all

Clear skies,

Jeremy

"Michael A. Covington" wrote
in message ...
It's supposed to groan -- but how loud? Constant, relatively quiet
creaking
is what I recall from the ETX 90 that I tested at length.


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Clear skies,

Michael Covington -- www.covingtoninnovations.com
Author, Astrophotography for the Amateur
and (new) How to Use a Computerized Telescope