Posts Made By: Andrew Selfridge

Ok, the fact of high prices for goto systems prompted me to opt for aperture instead so I bought an xt-10. I love the challenge of finding things sans the benefit of goto alot more than I thought I would at first, but, being the technonerd that I am accused of, the new intelliscope line is very appealing. So I wrote Orion and asked of the possiblity of providing the encoders in a kit form or if they would sell only the base so I could purchase the computer. Answers were no and no. I am not surprised at this because of the Mars fever going on that they would still get the top dollar for the previous model scope right up until the end. Then they pop this on everyone right mid-August to "hook" even more buyers, offering newbies the ability to see more than mars after the opposition is over. Pretty tight marketing (albeit annoying) strategy on their part.

But the reason I am going on about this is that rather than telling me that I would have to buy the new scope, they assumed I was totally ignorant and referred me to Jim's mobile and even gave me an 800 # so I could order their ngc max computer. Interesting arrangement they got there. Not really surprising, I guess.

Cheers,
Andy

I remember several people awile back stating that they were considering this telrad like finder and I was curious if anyone has purchased one and what their impressions of it were. Details on the apogee site remain pretty sparse and I was wondering if it had a pulsing reticle. Thanks in advance,
Andy