Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Back in Action!

Well the new motor board arrived on Saturday - but I was at the dump taking care of household chores. Of course, the shipment required a signature and so it went back to the Post Office. No worry, the sky was cloudy and rainy all weekend anyhow.

Wifey picked up the package at the PO on Monday (they didn't ask for a signature!) and I installed it that evening. Checked out the mount for the basic operations and all seemed OK. Didn't have the time to test the guiding system yet - hope to do that this Friday when skies are supposed to be clear and the humidity low.

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