[Laser] X-Y translator

[Art]

Hi Andy,

I can't be sure your new Zeiss hardware will work if mounted vertically. My 
guess is that you should be ok, I can't imagine this sort of hardware being 
made with a need for gravity in a specific axis as they are generally 
positive rotational in nature.

I think you'd be home free with this setup.

I was looking at the alt/az telescopes because you set the clock, point it 
at any star and press the 'calibrate' button. Once done, you go to any 
alt/az in seconds flat.

How 'bout some pictures of that Zeiss beauty?

Art

At 01:00 PM 6/5/04, you wrote:
>Art,
>
>I'm not planning on putting to the transmitter on a tripod.  It's fairly 
>clear that it won't work.  I was thinking about using an piece of steel 
>rack-mount stock and putting some rubber feet on the bottom so that I 
>could set it on something solid, like the car (as long as the wind isn't 
>blowing).  The trick here is to get linear X-Y to to some sort of az/el. 
>Any ideas?
>
>Andy
>
>Art wrote:
>
>>Hi Andy,
>>
>>I'm not sure how usable your Zeiss XY translator will be. Most likely, 
>>you will be limited by the stability of your tripod(s) though. The Zeiss 
>>gear should be rock solid. If you can mount it on something fairly solid 
>>(like a car or tree), you should have a first class rig, at least as far 
>>as aiming goes.
>>
>>I've been watching the Meade ETX-60 and ETX-70 on ebay. These are 
>>complete telescopes although the light gathering is really small. While 
>>the telescope is nothing to write home about, the mechanical drive 
>>appears to be dual axis and battery powered in a nice small base for 
>>putting on a table top or similar. The 60 and the 70 are identical 
>>mechanically, but the 70 has a larger lens, so it sells for a bit more 
>>money. I'd mount the transmitter (and possibly the receiver) on the base 
>>and align it with the North Star.
>>
>>I do not know whether it reads out in alt/az though, so I have not 
>>purchased one yet. Has anyone tried one of these low cost Meade 
>>'starguide' telescopes???
>>
>>Art
>>
>>
>>
>>At 06:14 PM 6/4/04, you wrote:
>>
>>>Hi folks,
>>>
>>>I just picked up a nice Zeiss X-Y translator at the hamfest today, 
>>>micrometers and all.  I'd like to impliment it as my aiming mechanism 
>>>for aiming my laser for LOS contacts.  Has anyone found a good way to do 
>>>this?  I'm tempted to mount it vertically to get side-to-side and 
>>>up-down motion, but I would like to hear from anyone else who'd done 
>>>this before.
>>>
>>>Andy
>>>K0SM
>>>
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