Posts Made By: David Frank

Just bought a fairly old Meade LX-5 10" and am looking for a copy of the user's manual. Any idea as to what I could go? Searching Google has gotten me nowhere so far.

Thanks!

Just bought an LX-5 2120 about a month ago and need help with an annoying issue with the RA drive mechanism, but may be also in the hand controller. I've verified that it does seem to track in RA, but I'm not able to get it to manually slew back and forth using the buttons on the controller… all
I get is the sound of the motor trying to engage (about 1 time for every 2-3 attempts with the East button - the West button produces no response at all) and sounding like the motor trying to work, but is being obstructed and stalling.
The power supply unit shows being fully charged and actually drives the declination motor perfectly well. Releasing the clutch lever, the scope seems to rotate in RA very smoothly and easily, both by hand and using the manual knob.

Any ideas or suggestions? I've been advised that an LX-6 base would interchange with minimal difficulty. Anyone got one handy?

Thanks!

A question from a rookie with too much time on my hands: I currently have an LX-5 2120 that appears to be in good working order- just bought it about 6 weeks ago and due to the lousy weather in the Puget Sound area, I have yet to get it outside for a test run. If I were to try to upgrade (without inordinate difficulty), what would my options be? I was once advised that the LX-6 base would interchange with little difficulty - this seems to me, after reading a copy of the owner’s manual, to be quite a leap forward, but not sure if the digital setting circles and encoders would just "bolt on" to my current forks. My best estimate is the LX-6 was predominantly an early to mid-90's model.

What is the next newest in the progression of Meade models that I might look at without going to a GEM? I've heard of LX90 and LX200. Anyone have some advice as to how far forward I might go without needing to be a machinist or an electrical engineer?

Dave