Keith,

Excellent ! Would love to hear what your thoughts are on it. I know I have really positive memories of the performance of my RV-6. It wasn't until I got a C8 that I fully appreciated how good the RV-6 was. I got my RV-6 after working a whole summer as a teen. 15 years later, I got a C8 - portable, powerful, great ads with Spock, Johnny Carson, etc.

My Super C8 Plus was excellent, as I was watching Saturn one hot, humid summer night, I thought the image couldn't be better. It was near perfect seeing conditions and to confirm how good a decision it was to buy the C8 I dragged the old RV-6 out. I couldn't believe it, my SCT was well collimated, etc but the RV-6 had a bit more contrast and a more pleasing image. The Cassini was vivid, crepe more clear, banding was more vivid. This was almost 25 yrs ago. Then 10 or more years later, during apomania, I sold the RV-6 ota and mount separately. A couple years ago, found my old ota for sale, so I bought it back from the guy. It needs new coatings, etc. so that's a project that I look forward to and compare it to another great C8 I have to see if it still holds. I've been told that a great C8 will hold it's own against an RV-6.

But the RV-6 legend continues.....

Jae