Richard B. Drumm
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All:
This thread is just a convenient place for me to post the results of the list of PST serial numbers I've been collecting. It is NOT intended as a means of bashing any manufacturer, really is isn't! It's for informational purposes only. This way we can request the serial # from a seller on A-mart or wherever, and have some confidence in the scope we recieve.
I'll update with edits this first post until the system won't let me edit it, then I'll scroll down and make a new posting of the list.
Thanks to everyone who has participated, together we can make a difference!
Rich
As of Nov. 19th, 2006:
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94606 sick - Gary Meehan "AXAF" in Boston
94991 sick - David "ad701xx" in Oregon
95104 was blue, now gold - Tom Lawson "Guner" in NJ - repaired twice!
95166 sick - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY - the old one.
95424 sick - Julio Cesar in Madrid - before repair
96367 sick - "Zoomster" in Fla.- now repaired.
96714 sick, repaired, sick again! Darren Hiebert in Alabama
97148 sick - Bill Leslie "bill-in-forres" Scotland
97449 not sick yet, blue - Steve Durham in NY
97468 sick - Bruce "Carpe Noctum" in Cal., returned, lost by Meade, replaced.
97491 gold - Daniel in Illinois
98131 not sick yet, blue/transparent - Gustavo Phols in Mexico
98670 sick & gold ! "Davo" in Scotland
98773 sick - Gregor(slo) in Slovenia
98994 sick - Steve "molniyabeer" in Italia
99309 sick - Michelle "JARSHEART" in Fla.
99335 sick - Kelly "Trombone"
99493 sick - Adrian Guzman "solmax" - repaired with blue glass.
99760 sick - (brand new in the box) - Steven Kim "kimsc321"
99807 sick - "Ike"
100054 sick - Ben Ritchie in Bosham, UK
100360 sick - Rick in Tokyo
100658 sick - Jim from NJ Night Sky
100706 gold - Ed Kessler in PA
100727 gold - Bill K. "SprintCar Driver"
100922 gold - justin2992 in Philly
100942 gold - LBartolomei
101040 gold - "jgraham" in Ohio
101147 gold - Julio Cesar's friend Oriol in Barcelona
101168 gold - Julio Cesar's replacement PST
101230 gold - me
101337 gold - chemkelly
101369 blue - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY - the new one.
101680 blue - Bill "Bonco" in Fla.
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The first group are the ones that had the problem. Blue lenses, one transparent...
The second group are the gold ones.
The last group are the new type, with blue lenses (either transparent or opaque???)
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Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
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Edited by Erix (11/19/06 11:07 PM)
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Jim7728
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Good job!, Rich.
Maybe Erika can add this thread to the "sick PST" stickie at the top of the forum.
I just want to add that Meade/Coronado seems to be "stepping up" in working this problem out with the new clear blue objective design, no questions asked as far as proof of purchase and paying for the shipping both ways(at least for those in CONUS). Also the latest repaired one's seem to be in good order. Hopefully, those who had problems getting thier PST's fixed are getting those issues resolved.
Of course I'll let everyone know how my old one turns out, once I get it back.
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badsnoopy
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Very nice job.
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kimsc321
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Hi Richard and all,
Last Sunday, I've went into Adorama in NYC to buy a new PST. This time I personally wanted to inspect the scope before purchase. It looked great w/ bluish-clear objective. Looked like newer model and the certificate confirmed it showing Oct. 2006. So I bought the scope w/ big smile on my face  . Next day as my wife was test driving the new scope, she discovers a cluster of "tiny bubbles" in the middle of the objective  . Yes, we've decided to return this as well. I'm sorry, I forgot to write down the serial # before return it  . However, I do remember it was like #102xxx. I can call them up on Sunday 12th and find out if you wish.
I've attached a pix showing the bubbles.
One more thing. I've noticed this "bubbled" scope had a serial # outside of the box so that salesman can check the # before opening the box. My first one from Discovery Store did not. Only way was to open the box and check either by looking at the side of the scope or the certificate.
Again, thanx for this list. It's a valueable list for new and old buyers. I wonder how long this list will become!.
Steven
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Richard B. Drumm
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Steven:
Too bad about the PST, too bad 'bout the serial # too! If you can get it that's cool, you might need it yourself! The list is narrowing down the start # for the gold objectives, and the end of the gold ones as well.
Rich
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Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
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DAVIDG
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I don't think that the bubbles are the same problem as the "rust" They look to be a common problem when you cement a lens together. You have be careful to place the two lens halves together just right or you can get the bubbles. In any case Quality Control should have caught the problem.
- Dave
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kimsc321
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Yes, Dave. This is a new QC problem. I don't know if this "bubbles" can be seen on the old or gold objective models but, it is apparent in the clear bluish newer models. I recommend all of you to re-inspect your scopes every angle under sun-light......
Just to recap:: My first purchased PST from Discovery Store had about 70% "rust" right out of the box-see serial #99760.
When the new shipment comes in I'll update you all.
Richard: I'll find out the serial # tomorrow.
By the way, for all the locals who lives around NYC area, I had an excellent service w/ Adorama especially salesman name David F. Note: This was my first business w/ them. I'm not affiliated w/ Adorama just a satisfied customer.
Steven
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molniyabeer
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Quote:
I just want to add that Meade/Coronado seems to be "stepping up" in working this problem out with the new clear blue objective design, no questions asked as far as proof of purchase and paying for the shipping both ways(at least for those in CONUS).
What shipping method is are they paying for if you are CONUS? I can use USPS Priority Mail over here for the same price as if Stateside. Or are they insisting on things like UPS/FedEx?
Thanks for the updates. Clear skies.
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10" Hardin DSH, StarMax 127mm Mak, PST H-a
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Jim7728
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Quote:
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I just want to add that Meade/Coronado seems to be "stepping up" in working this problem out with the new clear blue objective design, no questions asked as far as proof of purchase and paying for the shipping both ways(at least for those in CONUS).
What shipping method is are they paying for if you are CONUS? I can use USPS Priority Mail over here for the same price as if Stateside. Or are they insisting on things like UPS/FedEx?
United Parcel Service is picking up my PST. If your're paying for the shipping to the United States, I don't think it matters who you use.
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Jim
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AXAF
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Quote:
All:
This thread is just a convenient place for me to post the results of the list of PST serial numbers I've been collecting.
Let me add my serial number. It is 94606. My PST still has the rust condition on it. I'm holding off on letting Meade touch it. I get the sense that they have a bit of a learning curve to go through before they develop the necessary skill to repair these PSTs consistently well.
It looks like I have the dubious honor of being #1 on the list now!
Great idea, Rich!
Gary
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Osypowski Equatorial Platform
Fujinon 10x70
Coronado PST plus SolarMax 40 filter
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StellarVue SV90T
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Ike
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I just wanted to add my PST to the list I checked it tonight and the objective is all blotchy serial number 99807
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Carpe Noctum
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My PST s/n was 97468. Returned, repaired, lost by Meade and replaced by Meade.
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JARSHEART
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Extremely sick, blue, shipped from Coronado 10/19/05. Purchased from OPT 3/30/06
SN 99309
Michelle
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Meade ETX 70-AT
PST DS
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jgraham
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I bought mine this past June. SN:101040. Gold lens, so far so good.
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Richard B. Drumm
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Michelle:
Sorry to hear 'bout your PST. I hope you can get it serviced quickly.
Thanks for the SN#!
jgraham:
Thanks for your SN# as well, I'll get Erika to update the list on top of the page!
Rich
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AKA Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum
Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
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Zoomster
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Mine is serial number 96367 and had the original lens become sick, has since been repaired and is working better than ever.
Zoomster
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Moonlite Dual Rate Focuser
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Denkmeier "Big Easy" Binos and assorted eyepieces.
Coranado PST
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rsbfoto
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Post deleted by rsbfoto
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regards Rainer
Edited by Erix (11/19/06 12:41 AM)
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Richard B. Drumm
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Hola, Rainer!
I'm sorry to see the rust in your lens! Not good!
I see also the red paint on the threads and that both of them have the red paint.... Is this to keep things from unscrewing?
What's with the scratched up hole? It just looks like sloppy workmanship.
I've never heard of a BF30, who makes it?
Rich
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Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
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Erix
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BF30 is a blocking filter, Rich. http://www.coronadofilters.com/products_blocking.html
Rainer, did you drill that hole in it? 
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rsbfoto
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Hi Erika and Richard,
Those BF 30 are the blocking filter which give you 30mm of circular view through field.
No I did not drill the hole, they are there and there are 2 of them in order you can turn them for srewing them into the 2" barrel. The BF 30 does have 2 of the blocking filters.
Yes the red paint is in order to avoid a turning of the filter insets in the barrel. As they ahve 2 of them and they have to be arranged in a precise direction in order to avoid ghosting.
One of the BF30 came with a loose inner filter and gave me a huge quantity of ghosts when using it. So I had to adjust it myself by pure trial and error until I found out how to avoid the ghosting.
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regards Rainer
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Davo
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Hi,
Mine has rust but I haven't returned it yet. It is #98670 (gold).
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Dave.
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Bucephelus
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Even though I really love Meade, I've completely lost my nerve to spend $$$$$$ on the SM60 I was going to order this week. Until things cool off with the failures I'm just not comfortable...
Chris
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rsbfoto
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Quote:
Hola, Rainer!
I'm sorry to see the rust in your lens! Not good!
I see also the red paint on the threads and that both of them have the red paint.... Is this to keep things from unscrewing?
What's with the scratched up hole? It just looks like sloppy workmanship.
I've never heard of a BF30, who makes it?
Rich
Hi Richard,
Look this is how a BF30 looks like.
http://www.rainerehlert.com/astro/Sol/BF30-02.jpg
Of course that is the 2" barrel only. Is has on top of it another part which accepts 2" nosepieces like from an Eyepiece or a Diagonal.
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regards Rainer
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Darren Hiebert
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My PST is S/N 96714 with a blue objective which went bad and was repaired last December. The replacement objective went bad and I am still awaiting (for 4 weeks now) a return call from Meade to get it fixed again.
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Coronado PST
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Richard B. Drumm
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Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Davo:
Could you post an image of your objective here so we can see what a sick gold-coated objective looks like? As you can see from the list, scopes with SNs like yours generally have blue (and sick) objectives. I'm extremely curious about your scope's objective. How easy is it to see into the lens?
I've gotta PM Daniel in Illinois (#97491) and get him to post an image of his scope too, though his isn't sick. It may be that he got his repaired and they put a gold objective in as part of the repair.
Rainer:
So the hole in the retaining ring is for a spanner. I had thought that was a possibility, but didn't say so in the post. I can clearly see the cloudiness at the edge. It's back to Meade with that one, I'm so sorry for you!
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Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
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Richard B. Drumm
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Here's the latest list. Erika had been modifying the first post for me (thank you, Erika!), but I think some folks have been missing the list because they (like me) let their computer take them to the "new" post at the current end of the thread, not to the head of the thread. So to save time, I'll post the list here at the end of the thread and thus ensure that it'll get seen more easily.
Still waiting to hear from Davo or Daniel...
Rich
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94606 sick - Gary Meehan "AXAF" in Boston
94991 sick - David "ad701xx" in Oregon
95104 was blue, now gold - Tom Lawson "Guner" in NJ - repaired twice!
95166 sick - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY - the old one.
95424 sick - Julio Cesar in Madrid - before repair
96367 sick - "Zoomster" in Fla.- now repaired.
96714 sick, repaired, sick again! Darren Hiebert in Alabama
97148 sick - Bill Leslie "bill-in-forres" Scotland
97449 not sick yet, blue - Steve Durham in NY
97468 sick - Bruce Raemsch "Carpe Noctum" in Cal., returned, lost by Meade, replaced.
97491 gold - Daniel Steinke in Illinois - bought used, repaired?
98131 not sick yet, blue/transparent - Gustavo Phols in Mexico
98670 sick & gold! "Davo" in Scotland
98773 sick - Gregor(slo) in Slovenia
98994 sick - Steve "molniyabeer" in Italia
99309 sick - Michelle "JARSHEART" in Fla.
99335 sick - Kelly "Trombone"
99493 sick - Adrian Guzman "solmax" in San Jose, CA - repaired with blue glass.
99760 sick - (brand new in box - Discovery Store) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
99807 sick - "Ike"
100054 sick - Ben Ritchie in Bosham, UK
100360 sick - Rick in Tokyo
100658 sick - Jim from NJ Night Sky
100706 gold - Ed Kessler in PA
100727 gold - Bill K. "SprintCar Driver" in California
100922 gold - justin2992 in Philly
100942 gold - LBartolomei in Minnesota
101040 gold - "jgraham" in Ohio
101147 gold - Julio Cesar's friend Oriol in Barcelona
101168 gold - Julio Cesar's replacement PST
101230 gold - me
101337 gold - Gerald Bokowy "chemkelly" in Illinois
101369 blue - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY - the new one.
101680 blue - Bill "Bonco" in Fla.
102xxx clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - Adorama NYC) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
102024 clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - Meade replacement) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
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The first group are the ones that had the problem. Blue lenses, one transparent...
The second group are the gold ones.
The last group are the new type, with blue lenses (either transparent or opaque???)
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Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
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LarryAlvarez
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Wow, there's alot of units between 94606 and 100706. Has anyone reported an older unit that hasn't hazed yet? Clear Skyz, LA
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Davo
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Here is a pic of my rusty PST as requested. I may have been getting confuesd by the gold colour of the rust.
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Dave.
Edited by Davo (11/25/06 02:16 PM)
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Richard B. Drumm
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Davo:
It does look gold, but it may be that it has yellowed, like Jim7728s scope yellowed.
His was blue, then the whole thing changed to yellow!
Your image shows walls behind the OTA that look like they're "peach" coloured...
The reflected image of the wall color looks yellower...
Your 98670 serial number puts you in the "Blue" camp, though...
Unless I'm reading too much into the serial numbers than's good for me...
Once I thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken. 
Either way, it goes back to Meade... Sigh!
Rich
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Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
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NickH
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Richard
I think the whole PST community has to be grateful to you for compiling this list and making the public aware of the extent and seriousness of the problem. However, you are not a Meade/Coronado employee, and I for one still find it a strange that nothing official has been said, despite you evidentially proving that the problem does extend to far more than the originally stated number of units (200 from a sequential batch), and also appears to be impacting units outside of this supposed "oxidation" run, Russ hinted at.
Surely the decent thing for any company to do (and I can cite my own, who, when we detected a problem with a large synthesiser power supply, immediately put out a webpage and press release on the matter), would be to state
1: That they are aware of this issue, and that users affected by it, should be able to return their unit to be repaired with no cost to them or questions asked, if they have the rust problem.
2: Obviously quell any fears users may have about the safety compromise (or not) that this problem would induce in their solar scopes. People are using their eyes to look at the Sun, and any hint of a problem, could be one which worried consumers. I believe their is no saftey issue, but to have no officially posted from their own website, confirmation of this, is somewhat worrying I feel.
Meade are a fine company, and a world leader in astronomical products. The impact and fallout this may have on the entire solar industry (as people could just pass on "Chinese WHsper style" messages about solar viewing in general being dangerous,), could be stopped by a simple statement.
Not everybody affected reads this website, or indeed any forums, but most owners of a product will visit the official company homepage and forums.
It just makes common, moral and financial sense (long term) to be open and clarify the problem, once and for all, and not rely on the good will of people like yourself, and others on this forum (including the moderators who have done a sterling job in keeping the sticky threads relating to the PST rust issue going) to do their work for them
Just my 2 cents...
Edited by NickH (11/25/06 06:42 PM)
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Erix
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Ok, folks. This has been gone over several times. As per the Terms of Service
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Cloudynights is not an open air forum for vendor complaints. If you seek resolution, we recommend you talk to the vendor. If you seek an audience, we recommend you go elsewhere.
As a community, we are indeed trying to help each other by having threads such as this. But we need to keep the threads productive instead of rehashing over and over again how we feel things should be done.
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Erika
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NickH:
I think you are mistaken. Their is no post that states that the "rust" problem involved "200 from a sequential batch". No one has ever posted how many units were affected by this problem. I did state in one of my posts that I talked to Andy Lunt from Coronado at NEAF last year & that he said that he made up "about 200" of the gold objectives as a test to fix the problem & that it was successful but that it was too costly for production.
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NickH
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I stand corrected, "about 200" to fix the problem led me to believe it was only this number. Seems like it is closer to the thousands though sadly. I really do hope to see some positive "large scale" action on this soon. Thanks all for your feedback and input, it's helping a few guys in the UK get this resolved also.
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Gregor(SLO)
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....I just recived a replacement for my sick PST (98773) with a complete new unit (new transparent lens design - serial 101627).
Gregor
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Vixen GP2 mount & DX-tripod
35 Pan, 14 Radian, 6 and 13 Ethos (soon)
Nikon CF 12X50 bino
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Julio Cesar
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Congratulations Gregor.
Please let us know about performance of your new PST. Meade Germany did his job
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Richard B. Drumm
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Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Thanks, Gregor!
Things seem to have calmed down on the PST front, though it might be that folks are afraid of TOS infractions. They shouldn't be, it should be easy enough (I suppose, though I don't have a sick scope myself) to just bite your tongue (fingers?) if you find yourself getting hot under the collar! Remember, friends don't let friends post when angry! (Ugh! bad joke, sorry!)
It DOES seem that scopes are getting fixed or replaced, maybe this is the cause of the calm.
Either way, here's the latest iteration of the list:
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94606 sick - Gary Meehan "AXAF" in Boston
94991 sick - David "ad701xx" in Oregon
95104 was blue, now gold - Tom Lawson "Guner" in NJ - repaired twice!
95166 sick - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY - the old one.
95424 sick - Julio Cesar in Madrid - before repair
96367 sick - "Zoomster" in Fla.- now repaired.
96448 sick, repaired Blue/transparent - Mike Rosolina "Special Ed" in West Va.
96714 sick, repaired, sick again! Darren Hiebert in Alabama
97148 sick - Bill Leslie "bill-in-forres" Scotland
97449 not sick yet, blue - Steve Durham in NY
97468 sick - Bruce Raemsch "Carpe Noctum" in Cal., returned, lost by Meade, replaced.
97491 gold - Daniel Steinke in Illinois - bought used, repaired?
98131 not sick yet, blue/transparent - Gustavo Phols in Mexico
98670 sick & gold (yellow?) "Davo" in Scotland
98773 sick - Gregor(slo) in Slovenia (the old scope)
98994 sick - Steve "molniyabeer" in Italia
99309 sick - Michelle "JARSHEART" in Fla.
99335 sick - Kelly "Trombone"
99493 sick - Adrian Guzman "solmax" in San Jose, CA - repaired with blue glass.
99760 sick - (brand new in box - Discovery Store) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
99807 sick - "Ike"
100054 sick - Ben Ritchie in Bosham, UK
100360 sick - Rick in Tokyo
100658 sick - Jim from NJ Night Sky
100706 gold - Ed Kessler in PA
100727 gold - Bill K. "SprintCar Driver" in California
100922 gold - justin2992 in Philly
100942 gold - LBartolomei in Minnesota
101040 gold - "jgraham" in Ohio
101147 gold - Julio Cesar's friend Oriol in Barcelona
101168 gold - Julio Cesar's replacement PST
101230 gold - me
101337 gold - Gerald Bokowy "chemkelly" in Illinois
101369 blue - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY - the new one.
101627 blue - Gregor(slo) in Slovenia (the new replacement scope)
101680 blue - Bill "Bonco" in Fla.
102xxx clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - Adorama NYC) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
102024 clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - Meade replacement) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ, bubbles are very small.
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The first group are the ones that had the problem. Blue lenses, one transparent...
The second group are the gold ones.
The last group are the new type, with blue lenses (transparent)
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AKA Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum
Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
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Trevor Durity
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Posts: 146
Loc: Galway, Ireland
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Hi all,
Just organized getting my own PST (#100051 - reflective blue) fixed due to this problem. Meade were very friendly and helpful on the phone and expected turnaround is 3 weeks for the repair.
Very happy with their customer support here.
Trev
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WO Megrez 90 FD + Zenithstar 66SD
Coronado PST
Celestron CG5-GT Mount
Sac 10 CCD
Minolta 7D SLR
SC1.5 B&W Toucam Pro (Chip blown )
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kimsc321
member
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Posts: 57
Loc: New Milford, NJ
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Sorry Richard but correction is needed with serial #102024. This scope is 2nd Brand New in Box from Adorama instead of "Meade replacement".
Thank you.
Steven
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pst
meade lx200gps 8in
celestron 102
denkII
toucam
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tarsier
member
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Posts: 33
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101978 is perfect
tarsier
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dgs©
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Posts: 15042
Loc: West Monroe, Louisiana
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I keep forgetting to add my serial number to your list... I'll try to remember when I get home tonight.
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8"Ø Newtonian on SVP, Moonlite CR2, Telrad
PST Oberwerk Ultra 15x70 Orion Ultraview 10×50
Hand-me-down Sears Refractor (Discoverer) 60mm×900mm
"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world, remains and is immortal." --Albert Pike
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kysunlover
professor emeritus
Reged: 01/17/06
Posts: 561
Loc: The Death Star
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I have owned 3 PSTs, and I thought about owning another, but I am kind of afraid to. Have they sorted this stuff out?
GM
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Dave LoPresti
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/25/03
Posts: 1991
Loc: Preston, Connecticut
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SN 94769
I got mime from B&H when they first got released and I've been happy with it.
I haven't used the PST since the spring, but it was getting slightly dimmer as the months went on, after about the first six months. Not sure how it looks now. I guess I should take it out for a test spin. 
Here is a pic of the objective from last autumn next to the 90mm. Under natural lighting, the color is silver coating but the browness was evident from the outwards in, IIRC. 
http://www.cloudynights.com/photopost/data/504/1971SolarMax90-032-objectives.jpg
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Meade 10" SCT
TEC 140 SN291
Coronado SolarMax 90mm <.5Å
WO 80mm ZSFD (10th Ann. red)
Tele Vue Pronto
Coronado PST
Canon 18x50 IS
 Wonderful wife 
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Here's the latest iteration of the list. I hope I've corrected the error in Steve Kim's listing... Did I get it right, Steve?
Dave LoPresti:
It sure looks like your PST has "The Dreaded Creeping Rust" syndrome! 
Look closely at the various pix here and at your scope and make the call to Coronado if it proves to be sick. I've added the Coronado contact info to the bottom of the list so we can all find it when we need it.
Rich
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94606 sick - Gary Meehan "AXAF" in Boston
94645 not sick - John Hoare in Kildare, Eire
94769 sick? - Dave LoPresti in Conn.
94991 sick - David "ad701xx" in Oregon
95104 was blue, now gold - Tom Lawson "Guner" in NJ - repaired twice!
95166 sick - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY - the old one.
95424 sick - Julio Cesar in Madrid - before repair
96367 sick - "Zoomster" in Fla.- now repaired.
96448 sick, repaired Blue/transparent - Mike Rosolina "Special Ed" in West Va.
96714 sick, repaired, sick again! Darren Hiebert in Alabama
97148 sick - Bill Leslie "bill-in-forres" Scotland
97449 not sick yet, blue - Steve Durham in NY
97468 sick - Bruce Raemsch "Carpe Noctum" in Cal., returned, lost by Meade, replaced.
97491 gold - Daniel Steinke in Illinois - bought used, repaired?
98131 not sick yet, blue/transparent - Gustavo Phols in Mexico
98670 sick & gold (yellow?) "Davo" in Scotland
98773 sick - Gregor(slo) in Slovenia (the old scope)
98994 sick - Steve "molniyabeer" in Italia
99309 sick - Michelle "JARSHEART" in Fla.
99335 sick - Kelly "Trombone"
99493 sick - Adrian Guzman "solmax" in San Jose, CA - repaired with blue glass.
99760 sick - (brand new in box - Discovery Store) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
99807 sick - "Ike"
100051 sick - Trevor Durity in Galway, Eire - sent to Meade for repair.
100054 sick - Ben Ritchie in Bosham, UK
100360 sick - Rick in Tokyo
100658 sick - Jim from NJ Night Sky, repaired with clear/blue objective.
100706 gold - Ed Kessler in PA
100727 gold - Bill K. "SprintCar Driver" in California
100922 gold - justin2992 in Philly
100942 gold - LBartolomei in Minnesota
101040 gold - "jgraham" in Ohio
101147 gold - Julio Cesar's friend Oriol in Barcelona
101168 gold - Julio Cesar's replacement PST
101230 gold - me
101337 gold - Gerald Bokowy "chemkelly" in Illinois
101369 blue - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY - the new one.
101627 blue - Gregor(slo) in Slovenia (the new replacement scope)
101680 blue - Bill "Bonco" in Fla.
101978 blue? - "Tarsier"
102xxx clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - #1 Adorama NYC) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
102024 clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - #2 Adorama NYC) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ, bubbles are very small.
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The first group are the ones that had the problem. Blue lenses, one transparent...
The second group are the gold ones.
The last group are the new type, with blue lenses (transparent)
If your PST or BF is sick, call Coronado/Meade:
1 (800) 626-3233 - Dave Wiggins ext 6289
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Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
Edited by Richard B. Drumm (12/11/06 09:40 PM)
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kimsc321
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that's correct sir!! nice work. thanx.
steven
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meade lx200gps 8in
celestron 102
denkII
toucam
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NJ Night Sky
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Posts: 833
Loc: Hillsborough, NJ
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I received mine back from Meade today the lens was replaced with a clear bluish lens.
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Jim
NJ Night Sky- J&T Telescope - MicroStock Photography - Shop4Scopes
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Bucephelus
Vendor
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Posts: 689
Loc: Northern, CA
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How long did they have it?
Chris
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SprintCar Driver
Pooh-Bah
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Posts: 1402
Loc: SoCal.
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I dont remember if I have already said it but,thanks for making and keeping track of this list Richard!Its handy for many things but especially for someone looking at a used PST.
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Bill
If theres someone you cant understand try walking a mile in their shoes. If you still dont understand them at least you will be a mile away from them and you will have a new pair of shoes.
C11 atlas EQ-G DsiI/Neximage
8" Coulter(red)dob.
PST Ha
Edmund Astro Scan
Sears Discoverer refractor/EQ(my 1st scope)
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Da nada, Bill, think nuttin' of it! It seemed to be the logical thing to do.
There's still that gap in numbers between the sick ones and the gold ones...
I'd like to close that gap completely as well as the gap on the other side of the gold run...
Thanks for your input, Jim, I included it in the post above!
Rich
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AKA Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum
Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
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Rick
Post Laureate
Reged: 04/12/05
Posts: 3046
Loc: Tokyo, Japan
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Let me add #94229 to your list. It is on display at the Tak dealer in Tokyo. I still have not had a reply to my "service ticket" request after filing it 3 weeks ago. Guess I need to call and navigate voice mail hell.
-Rick
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Rick:
So your PST is sick? I'm guessing so with the "service ticket" and all...
Yours is the brother to Joe Bergeron's - consecutive numbers!
Rich
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AKA Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum
Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
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Bonco
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 04/17/06
Posts: 2297
Loc: Florida
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Richard,
You can annotate the list that my PST is not Sick.
Thanks, Bonco
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RV6
Meade 2045
6 inch f/4 RFT R. Fagin Optics
TV Genesis
2.4 inch Lafayette Equitorial
3 inch Polarex/Unitron Equitorial
10 inch Zhumell
PST 40mm Solar scope
4 inch F/15 Antares
2.4 inch Unitron Equitorial
Tasco 10K 80mm/1200mm
Towa 339 Restored
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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OK. None of the PSTs in your section is sick with "the creeping rust", BTW, as they're the new design.
Rich
101369 blue - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY - the new one.
101627 blue - Gregor(slo) in Slovenia (the new replacement scope)
101680 blue - Bill "Bonco" in Fla. Not sick.
101978 blue? - "Tarsier"
102xxx clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - Adorama NYC) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
102024 clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - #2 Adorama NYC) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ, bubbles are very small.
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The first group are the ones that had the problem. Reflective blue lenses, one transparent...
The second group are the gold ones.
The last group are the new type, with blue lenses (transparent). Not sick.
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AKA Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum
Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
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Doug D.
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 08/23/05
Posts: 1859
Loc: Virginia
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Hi Richard - been meaning to send my info:
96618 - was sick, now repaired to blue transparent (about 2 months ago) and so far so good.
best,
Doug
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Hooville
AP 105EDF f/6 Traveler; AP 140 EDF StarFire f/7.5; TV 76 f/6.3 with Solarscope SF70 filter; Solarscope Solarview 50; Coronado CaK 70; Orion XT-10; Baader Mk V & ZAO II's; Half-Hitch Mk II; Astrotrac TT320X, pier & wedge; AP Mach1GTO; PGR Flea 2
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Thanks, Doug! The list keeps growing and growing. Still haven't found the start of the gold objective group or the start of the blue & clear group.
Considering that your PST is in the blue & clear category, you probably won't ever have any problems. Enjoy!
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AKA Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum
Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
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NJ Night Sky
Reged: 03/25/04
Posts: 833
Loc: Hillsborough, NJ
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Quote:
How long did they have it?
Chris
About 2 1/2 weeks
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Jim
NJ Night Sky- J&T Telescope - MicroStock Photography - Shop4Scopes
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Trombone
professor emeritus
Reged: 07/11/05
Posts: 720
Loc: Canadian west (and north!)
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My (rusty) scope has been fixed: 99335. Took about 3 weeks - new obj and etalon.
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SV90BV(F) on Gyro DX
CPC1100
12" LightBridge
Round Table platform
8"F6 dob
LXD75
Today anyway!
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Aaron McNeely
member
Reged: 08/13/04
Posts: 11
Loc: New Carlisle, Indiana
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My PST had the rusty lens problem, and I had it repaired recently. My serial number is 95009. My old objective was opaque and silvery. I now have the blue transparent objective, and it works well without any apparent bubbles or defects.
Russ at Coronado was very helpful, and it took about a month to repair. 
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Aaron McNeely
New Carlisle, Indiana
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Thanks, everybody who've added their info to the list. Here's the latest iteration of it:
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94229 sick? - Rick in Tokyo
94230 sick - Joe Bergeron in NY - repaired twice, last time with clear blue lens.
94606 sick - Gary Meehan "AXAF" in Boston
94645 not sick - John Hoare in Kildare, Eire
94769 sick? - Dave LoPresti in Conn.
94991 sick - David "ad701xx" in Oregon
95009 sick - Aaron McNeely in Indiana, repaired with blue/transparent obj. No bubbles.
95104 was blue, now gold - Tom Lawson "Guner" in NJ - repaired twice!
95166 sick - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY, repaired twice, second time with blue/clear objective & new ITF/etalon.
95424 sick - Julio Cesar in Madrid - before repair
96367 sick - "Zoomster" in Fla.- now repaired.
96448 sick - Mike Rosolina "Special Ed" in West Va., repaired Blue/transparent
96618 sick - Doug D. in Va. - repaired, now Blue/transparent
96714 sick - Darren Hiebert in Alabama, repaired, sick again!
97148 sick - Bill Leslie "bill-in-forres" Scotland
97449 not sick yet, blue - Steve Durham in NY
97468 sick - Bruce Raemsch "Carpe Noctum" in Cal., returned, lost by Meade, replaced.
97491 gold - Daniel Steinke in Illinois - bought used, repaired?
98131 not sick, blue/transparent - Gustavo Phols in Mexico (already repaired?)
98670 sick & gold (yellow?) "Davo" in Scotland
98773 sick - Gregor(slo) in Slovenia (the old scope)
98994 sick - Steve "molniyabeer" in Italia
99309 sick - Michelle "JARSHEART" in Fla.
99335 sick - Kelly "Trombone", repaired with blue/clear objective & new ITF/etalon.
99493 sick - Adrian Guzman "solmax" in San Jose, CA - repaired with blue glass.
99760 sick - (brand new in box - Discovery Store) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
99807 sick - "Ike"
100051 sick - Trevor Durity in Galway, Eire - sent to Meade for repair.
100054 sick - Ben Ritchie in Bosham, UK
100360 sick - Rick in Tokyo
100658 sick - Jim from NJ Night Sky, repaired with clear/blue objective.
100706 gold - Ed Kessler in PA
100727 gold - Bill K. "SprintCar Driver" in California
100922 gold - justin2992 in Philly
100942 gold - LBartolomei in Minnesota
101040 gold - "jgraham" in Ohio
101147 gold - Julio Cesar's friend Oriol in Barcelona
101168 gold - Julio Cesar's replacement PST
101230 gold - me
101337 gold - Gerald Bokowy "chemkelly" in Illinois
101369 blue - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY - the new one.
101627 blue - Gregor(slo) in Slovenia (the new replacement scope)
101680 blue - Bill "Bonco" in Fla. Not sick.
101978 blue? - "Tarsier"
102xxx clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - Adorama NYC) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
102024 clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - #2 Adorama NYC) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ, bubbles are very small.
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The first group are the ones that had the problem. Reflective blue lenses, one transparent...
The second group are the gold ones.
The last group are the new type, with blue lenses (transparent). Not sick.
If your PST or BF is sick, call Coronado/Meade:
1 (800) 626-3233 - Dave Wiggins ext 6289
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AKA Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum
Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
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PEterW
super member
Reged: 01/02/06
Posts: 242
Loc: SW London, UK
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Hi there. Just found the thread whilst surfing in bed. Got my PST just AFTER the venus transit, one of the first, with a thank you letter from Cornado for my patience. Great little scope, use it whenever I can. Always been a bit of a pig to get the 'best view' with the sweetspot and tuner, may have been a bit worse of late..... maybe the seeing or my eyes though.
Just checked the lens with a 5W LED torch.... front lens is a nice hazy pale green colour with what looks like a dense sprinkling of 'fine red sugar' in the middle section. (A "bloom" as it is known in the busuness) Yes, it is sick too.
94115, 1st up, top of the list!!
I'll be contacting the UK agents (Telescope House) ASAP to see what can be done. This one is pretty well gone. Will be nice to see what a fresh one looks like... better views hopefully.
Thanks for everyone who has posted on the various threads.... I'd have been oblivious otherwise.
PEterW
London, UK
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Ike
member
Reged: 11/10/06
Posts: 13
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Just letting everyone know my "sick" PST is back, after some initial trouble with the Meade rep not issuing a pick up, after saying he would, then not returning phone calls. It was picked up on Dec 7, the repair ticket was dated Dec 12&13, and it arrived back here on Dec 22, with a new IRG, and objective lense (clear blue type).
Ike Stewart
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CESDewar
GorillAstronomer
Reged: 01/16/05
Posts: 2069
Loc: Morganton, GA, USA
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Just caught this thread too and quickly looked at my PST ser# 96969 and it has creeping rust pretty badly - I hadn't really looked at it recently that closely as I have it double-stacked, but I've been a bit disappointed with it, so maybe this is why. I'll definitely be contacting Coronado right away about this!
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bill-in-forres
member
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Posts: 88
Loc: Forres, Scotland
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Good luck, PeterW. I sent my PST back to TH on October 10th and they expected it would take 2 months to ship to the USA, be repaired and return. I asked about sending it to Meade in Germany but they said no.
I contacted them last week and they said that they expected it to be in their next container from Meade in January. A bit galling when you see the short turn arounds which are being achieved now.
Bill
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Clear skies,
Bill Leslie
57.6degN 3.6degW
ETX90RA + Thousand Oaks white light filter
Helios 8" Dob.
Orion 20x80 binos on parallelogram mount.
PST on Astro3 equatorial mount
Williams Optics Binoviewers + Harry Siebert OCA for PST
http://www.sigma-astro.co.uk/
http://www.spacegazer.com/
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PEterW
super member
Reged: 01/02/06
Posts: 242
Loc: SW London, UK
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Got my recepit, so now to get my scope along to Tonbridge wells, much easier when I could go along to 63 Farringdon Road.
Lets hope I get a new one, with none of the problems, rather than a replacement front element that may need further fixing.
Cheers
PEterW
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FLNightSky
professor emeritus
Reged: 03/13/06
Posts: 645
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Richard,
Mine is 101489, blue tintend clear objective so far so good.
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spaceydee
Postmaster
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Posts: 16125
Loc: Where the Kittens Are
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Mine is #101526 - also blue! 
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Dee
space-scientist
student violinist
Nexstar8i,SV80S,80/9D,FC100,94 Brandon,TMB92SS,GM8
8" f/7 Discovery,12.5" Portaball, PST
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Thanks, CESDewar, FLNightSky, Ike and Dee! (And any others whom I've forgotten in my haste!)
Here's the list as of now, this is my 1001st post!
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94115 sick - "PEterW" in SW London
94229 sick? - Rick in Tokyo
94230 sick - Joe Bergeron in NY - repaired twice, last time with clear blue lens.
94606 sick - Gary Meehan "AXAF" in Boston
94645 not sick - John Hoare in Kildare, Eire
94769 sick? - Dave LoPresti in Conn.
94991 sick - David "ad701xx" in Oregon
95009 sick - Aaron McNeely in Indiana, repaired with blue/transparent obj. No bubbles.
95104 was blue, now gold - Tom Lawson "Guner" in NJ - repaired twice!
95166 sick - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY, repaired twice, second time with blue/clear objective & new ITF/etalon.
95424 sick - Julio Cesar in Madrid - before repair
96367 sick - "Zoomster" in Fla.- now repaired.
96448 sick - Mike Rosolina "Special Ed" in West Va., repaired Blue/transparent
96618 sick - Doug D. in Va. - repaired, now Blue/transparent
96714 sick - Darren Hiebert in Alabama, repaired, sick again!
96969 sick - CESDewar in Georgia
97148 sick - Bill Leslie "bill-in-forres" Scotland
97449 not sick yet, blue - Steve Durham in NY
97468 sick - Bruce Raemsch "Carpe Noctum" in Cal., returned, lost by Meade, replaced.
97491 gold - Daniel Steinke in Illinois - bought used, repaired?
98131 not sick, blue/transparent - Gustavo Phols in Mexico (already repaired?)
98670 sick & gold (yellow?) "Davo" in Scotland
98773 sick - Gregor(slo) in Slovenia (the old scope)
98994 sick - Steve "molniyabeer" in Italia
99309 sick - Michelle "JARSHEART" in Fla.
99335 sick - Kelly "Trombone", repaired with blue/clear objective & new ITF/etalon.
99493 sick - Adrian Guzman "solmax" in San Jose, CA - repaired with blue glass.
99760 sick - (brand new in box - Discovery Store) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
99807 sick - "Ike" Stewart, repaired, new IRG & clear blue objective.
100051 sick - Trevor Durity in Galway, Eire - sent to Meade for repair.
100054 sick - Ben Ritchie in Bosham, UK
100349 not sick - Chris Schroeder in Wisconsin
100360 sick - Rick in Tokyo
100658 sick - Jim from NJ Night Sky, repaired with clear/blue objective.
100706 gold - Ed Kessler in PA
100727 gold - Bill K. "SprintCar Driver" in California
100914 gold - Quentin Rakestraw
100922 gold - justin2992 in Philly
100942 gold - LBartolomei in Minnesota
101040 gold - "jgraham" in Ohio
101147 gold - Julio Cesar's friend Oriol in Barcelona
101168 gold - Julio Cesar's replacement PST
101230 gold - me
101337 gold - Gerald Bokowy "chemkelly" in Illinois
101369 blue - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY - the new one.
101489 blue - FLNightSky in Florida?
101526 blue - spacydee in Los Angeles, California.
101627 blue - Gregor(slo) in Slovenia (the new replacement scope)
101680 blue - Bill "Bonco" in Fla. Not sick.
101978 blue? - "Tarsier"
102xxx clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - Adorama NYC) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
102024 clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - #2 Adorama NYC) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ, bubbles are very small.
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The first group are the ones that had the problem. Reflective blue lenses, one transparent...
The second group are the gold ones.
The last group are the new type, with blue lenses (transparent). Not sick.
If your PST or BF is sick, call Coronado/Meade:
1 (800) 626-3233 - Dave Wiggins ext 6289
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AKA Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum
Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
Edited by Richard B. Drumm (12/26/06 11:45 PM)
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Chris Schroeder
Postmaster
Reged: 12/11/04
Posts: 6558
Loc: N.E. WI Sky Glow
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# 100349, blue healthy
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Chris
Mallincam Color Hyper Plus
10" DSH with SC DSC, CPC 800 XLT
M110 Doublet ED, AT 102Achro, ZS80FD 10th Anniv, ZS66SD, PST
CG5-AGT, EZ-Touch, Voyager
POD XL3 http://POD.SchroederCity.com
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omahaastro
super member
Reged: 08/30/06
Posts: 166
Loc: Omaha, NE
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My wife just got me one for Christmas...
102228, looks great.. blue lense is free of bubbles, fantastic views!
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Jeff Huston
Obsession 18" f/4.5 (#264)
Meade 10" f/6.3
Atlas EQ-G
Cave 8" f/6 Newt
Orion 80 and 120mm f/5 achro
Coronado PST
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JARSHEART
super member
Reged: 02/09/06
Posts: 159
Loc: West Palm Beach, FL
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My PST (SN 99309) was picked up by UPS (at the expense of Meade)on 12/11/06 and was returned on 1/4/07. The objective lens and ITF were replaced, and everything looks great 
Michelle
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Meade 8" LX200 GPS UHTC
Meade ETX 70-AT
PST DS
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NickH
Post Laureate
Reged: 05/09/06
Posts: 3717
Loc: Wiltshire, UK (near StoneHenge...
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WHy are UK people having to arrange their own shipping back to TH, and then that take 2+ more months to sort out via the USA. This is a sold at source defect, and a known and documented one at that, which should not require any additional cost to the end user.
Why do Meade have a European office if the scopes are being sent back to Irvine?
I could get mine back to the USA in 2 days using UPS, should I wish to risk the repair, and would expect it back within the same amount of time, after the repair, which should take a few days at most if the numbers are as small as Meade claim, so what's all this "2-3 months" rubbish all about?
I thought we paid a premium over here for the quality of service/warranty etc...clearly not the case.
Not a bash, just a question or two based on the facts presented
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ad701xx
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 11/22/03
Posts: 999
Loc: Aloha, OR
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Just got mine back today...s/n 94991. The objective and ITF were replaced. The objective is the clear, blue one.
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Dave
2 scopes with 3 pieces of glass in the front, one has a little oil in it.
3 scopes with shiny glass at the bottom.
A few eyepieces.
No more wife
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Here's the latest list:
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94115 sick - "PEterW" in SW London
94229 sick? - Rick in Tokyo
94230 sick - Joe Bergeron in NY - repaired twice, last time with clear blue lens.
94606 sick - Gary Meehan "AXAF" in Boston
94645 not sick - John Hoare in Kildare, Eire
94769 sick? - Dave LoPresti in Conn.
94991 sick - David "ad701xx" in Oregon. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
95009 sick - Aaron McNeely in Indiana, repaired with blue/transparent obj. No bubbles.
95104 was blue, now gold - Tom Lawson "Guner" in NJ - repaired twice!
95166 sick - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY, repaired twice, 2nd time with blue/clear objective & new ITF/etalon.
95424 sick - Julio Cesar in Madrid - before repair
96325 sick - DAVIDG in Delaware. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96367 sick - "Zoomster" in Fla.- now repaired.
96448 sick - Mike Rosolina "Special Ed" in West Va. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96618 sick - Doug D. in Va. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96714 sick - Darren Hiebert in Alabama, repaired, sick again!
96969 sick - CESDewar in Georgia
97148 sick - Bill Leslie "bill-in-forres" Scotland
97449 not sick yet, blue - Steve Durham in NY
97468 sick - Bruce Raemsch "Carpe Noctum" in Cal., returned, lost by Meade, replaced.
97491 gold - Daniel Steinke in Illinois - bought used, repaired?
98131 not sick, blue/transparent - Gustavo Phols in Mexico (already repaired?)
98670 sick & gold (yellow?) "Davo" in Scotland
98773 sick - Gregor(slo) in Slovenia (the old scope)
98994 sick - Steve "molniyabeer" in Italia
99309 sick - Michelle "JARSHEART" in Fla. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
99335 sick - Kelly "Trombone" Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
99493 sick - Adrian Guzman "solmax" in San Jose, CA. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
99760 sick - (brand new in box - Discovery Store) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
99807 sick - "Ike" Stewart, Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
100051 sick - Trevor Durity in Galway, Eire - sent to Meade for repair.
100054 sick - Ben Ritchie in Bosham, UK
100349 not sick - Chris Schroeder in Wisconsin
100360 sick - Rick in Tokyo
100658 sick - Jim from NJ Night Sky. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
100706 gold - Ed Kessler in PA
100727 gold - Bill K. "SprintCar Driver" in California
100914 gold - Quentin Rakestraw
100922 gold - justin2992 in Philly
100942 gold - LBartolomei in Minnesota
101040 gold - "jgraham" in Ohio
101147 gold - Julio Cesar's friend Oriol in Barcelona
101168 gold - Julio Cesar's replacement PST
101230 gold - me
101337 gold - Gerald Bokowy "chemkelly" in Illinois
101369 blue - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY - the new one.
101489 blue - FLNightSky in Florida?
101526 blue - spacydee in Los Angeles, California.
101627 blue - Gregor(slo) in Slovenia (the new replacement scope)
101680 blue - Bill "Bonco" in Fla. Not sick.
101978 blue? - "Tarsier"
102xxx clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - Adorama NYC) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
102024 clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - #2 Adorama NYC) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ, bubbles are very small.
102228 blue - "omahaastro" in Omaha. No bubbles.
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The first group are the ones that had the problem. Reflective blue lenses, one transparent...
The second group are the gold ones.
The last group are the new type, with blue lenses (transparent). Not sick.
If your PST or BF is sick, call Coronado/Meade:
1 (800) 626-3233 - Dave Wiggins ext 6289
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AKA Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum
Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
Edited by Richard B. Drumm (01/11/07 09:54 PM)
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Julio Cesar
sage
Reged: 02/24/04
Posts: 215
Loc: Madrid, Spain
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Nick,
Have you tried to contact Meade Europe at Rhede, Germany? They took care of my repairments twice and also shipping charges from and to Spain.
If you are located in UK I understand you should be supported by Meade Europe. They are not the fastest in fixing the problem, but it makes more sense to me rather than sending PST to the U.S.
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Obession 18UC Dobsonian AN/SC f/4,2
Meade LX200 Classic 7inch Maksutov-Cassegrain f/15
GSO Newton 8inch f/4
Takahashi TSA102N Apo Refractor f/8
William Optics Megrez 80 Apo Refractor f/6
Takahashi FS60C Apo Refractor f/5,9
Miyauchi BS77i Petzval semi-apo binoculars
Canon 10X30IS
Coronado PST (golden)
http://www.nocturlabio.com
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DAVIDG
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/02/04
Posts: 1989
Loc: Hockessin, De
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Add 96325 to the list. I contacted Meade in early Dec, they arranged for UPS to pick up my PST on Dec. 15 at their cost. I recieved it back on Jan 8 with a new clear blue objective and ITF. I got a chance to try it yesterday and this morning and I am very pleased. The image is sharp, the sweet spot covers all of the Solar disk, no ghotsing at all and the bandwidth looks to be around 0.8A or less. Surface detail is easily visible. Much better then the original unit.
- Dave
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Homemade 'scopes 8"f/7,6" f/5", 6"f/4, 4.25" Schief. 60mm Coronagraph,60mm H-alpha system, 4.25" White-light Solar Newtonian,solar spectroscope, 4.5" f/16 Schupmann Medial refractor, 14 Stellafane awards 7 in optics
Engineering = Taking what you have and making what you need.
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NickH
Post Laureate
Reged: 05/09/06
Posts: 3717
Loc: Wiltshire, UK (near StoneHenge...
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Julio
I am not having mine fixed...for other reasons, but my point was more the poor service level provided by the Uk supliers. We pay a massive premium here in the UK for Meade products, and for what?
Luckily I got both my PST and PST CaK in the USA, and thus did not pay this "premium" charge so that I could wait 2-3 months for my faulty "as sold at source" product to be fixed, and then sent back...., by a company who initailly stated (this is the UK reseller) that the problem "did not exist" and "people were making it up to get a new PST" - quote
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PEterW
super member
Reged: 01/02/06
Posts: 242
Loc: SW London, UK
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I took mine to TH by hand recently, to make sure I knew what was going on etc. The delay is partially due to Coronado moving their operations and taking time to get back online again. The fix is actually very quick, just unscrew the end and replace with a new one and do a check with the sun. I believe that TH are trying to address this issue, I was told mine would take <1month, so fingers crossed.
Cheers
PEterW
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bill-in-forres
member
Reged: 06/19/05
Posts: 88
Loc: Forres, Scotland
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Well aren't you lucky!!
I sent mine to TH on Oct 10th and was told it would take 2 months. In mid-December, they said it would probably be in their next container from Meade, due in January. It is now over 3 months but I will give it another week.
Bill
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Clear skies,
Bill Leslie
57.6degN 3.6degW
ETX90RA + Thousand Oaks white light filter
Helios 8" Dob.
Orion 20x80 binos on parallelogram mount.
PST on Astro3 equatorial mount
Williams Optics Binoviewers + Harry Siebert OCA for PST
http://www.sigma-astro.co.uk/
http://www.spacegazer.com/
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NickH
Post Laureate
Reged: 05/09/06
Posts: 3717
Loc: Wiltshire, UK (near StoneHenge...
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Well. something 90mm across and red coloured arrived 4 days after I ordered it from Germany ....
And i am a very very very happy man!
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PEterW
super member
Reged: 01/02/06
Posts: 242
Loc: SW London, UK
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Just passing on what TH told me. Trust me, I will be emailing them regularly if there are adverse delays. I'll keep this post posted.
Cheers
PETerW
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NickH
Post Laureate
Reged: 05/09/06
Posts: 3717
Loc: Wiltshire, UK (near StoneHenge...
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Well, just had a very brief first light for the 90mm of coloured red glass...
:-)
oh yeah baby...roll on summer
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BRCoz
sage
Reged: 10/21/05
Posts: 431
Loc: Moreno Valley, CA
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Add #96144. It should be picked up next week.
Bruce
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soreneck
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 04/01/06
Posts: 920
Loc: Toronto, Canada
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#102196, blue, healthy.
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Adam
WO 110 FLT / WO 66 Triplet
QHY9 / Modified Canon 450D
SkyWatcher EQ-6 Pro
Backyard (urban) roll-off observatory
One small but fearless dog (observing companion)
my astrophotos on flickr
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Here's the latest iteration of the list:
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94115 sick - "PEterW" in SW London
94229 sick? - Rick in Tokyo
94230 sick - Joe Bergeron in NY - repaired twice, last time with clear blue lens.
94606 sick - Gary Meehan "AXAF" in Boston
94645 not sick - John Hoare in Kildare, Eire
94769 sick? - Dave LoPresti in Conn.
94991 sick - David "ad701xx" in Oregon. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
95009 sick - Aaron McNeely in Indiana, repaired with blue/transparent obj. No bubbles.
95104 was blue, now gold - Tom Lawson "Guner" in NJ - repaired twice!
95166 sick - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY, repaired twice, 2nd time with blue/clear objective & new ITF/etalon.
95424 sick - Julio Cesar in Madrid - before repair
96144 sick - Bruce Cosgrove "BRCoz" in Calif.
96325 sick - DAVIDG in Delaware. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96367 sick - "Zoomster" in Fla.- now repaired.
96448 sick - Mike Rosolina "Special Ed" in West Va. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96618 sick - Doug D. in Va. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96714 sick - Darren Hiebert in Alabama, repaired, sick again!
96969 sick - CESDewar in Georgia
97148 sick - Bill Leslie "bill-in-forres" Scotland
97449 not sick yet, blue - Steve Durham in NY
97468 sick - Bruce Raemsch "Carpe Noctum" in Cal., returned, lost by Meade, replaced.
97491 gold - Daniel Steinke in Illinois - bought used, repaired?
98131 not sick, blue/transparent - Gustavo Phols in Mexico (already repaired?)
98670 sick & gold (yellow?) "Davo" in Scotland
98773 sick - Gregor(slo) in Slovenia (the old scope)
98994 sick - Steve "molniyabeer" in Italia
99309 sick - Michelle "JARSHEART" in Fla. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
99335 sick - Kelly "Trombone" Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
99493 sick - Adrian Guzman "solmax" in San Jose, CA. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
99760 sick - (brand new in box - Discovery Store) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
99807 sick - "Ike" Stewart, Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
100051 sick - Trevor Durity in Galway, Eire - sent to Meade for repair.
100054 sick - Ben Ritchie in Bosham, UK
100349 not sick - Chris Schroeder in Wisconsin
100360 sick - Rick in Tokyo
100658 sick - Jim from NJ Night Sky. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
100706 gold - Ed Kessler in PA
100727 gold - Bill K. "SprintCar Driver" in California
100914 gold - Quentin Rakestraw
100922 gold - justin2992 in Philly
100942 gold - LBartolomei in Minnesota
101040 gold - "jgraham" in Ohio
101147 gold - Julio Cesar's friend Oriol in Barcelona
101168 gold - Julio Cesar's replacement PST
101230 gold - me
101337 gold - Gerald Bokowy "chemkelly" in Illinois
101369 blue - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY - the new one.
101489 blue - FLNightSky in Florida?
101526 blue - spacydee in Los Angeles, California.
101627 blue - Gregor(slo) in Slovenia (the new replacement scope)
101680 blue - Bill "Bonco" in Fla. Not sick.
101976 blue - Bill "Downward Bound" in Seattle.
101978 blue? - "Tarsier"
102xxx clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - Adorama NYC) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
102024 clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - #2 Adorama NYC) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ, bubbles are very small.
102196 blue - Adam "soreneck" in Toronto
102228 blue - "omahaastro" in Omaha. No bubbles.
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The first group are the ones that had the problem. Reflective blue lenses, one transparent...
The second group are the gold ones.
The last group are the new type, with blue lenses (transparent). Not sick.
If your PST or BF is sick, call Coronado/Meade:
1 (800) 626-3233 - Dave Wiggins ext 6289
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Wayne.Motonaga@meade.com -- Not actually in the repair dept...
Eddie Salgado -- "Very helpful"
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AKA Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum
Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
Edited by Richard B. Drumm (01/29/07 09:49 AM)
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Downward Bound
Adrenaline Junkie
Reged: 03/29/06
Posts: 2641
Loc: Seattle
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#101976 Blue and healthy (my fingers are crossed). Thanks Richard!
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Bill
'flector: R200SS, 22" f/3.6 (on order)
'fractors: PST, AT-66, TV-85, FS-102, NP-127, TMB-152
'bins: 15x63, 10x52, 22x85
410+028B, Sphinx, Telepod, EZ Touch, G-11
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StargazerJMK
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/12/05
Posts: 691
Loc: Out in the Dark Looking Up
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95769, sick - blue (since fixed), Joan Koch, Tacoma, WA
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Joan
StargazerJMK
Location:
47° 15' N/122° 30' W (Tacoma, WA)
Out in the Dark Looking UP!
Orion XT12 Classic/F4.9 w/a Wyorock Focuser
EZ CBP tracking platform
Coronado PST H-alpha
Home-made 8 in./F6 Dob
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DanJ
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 12/01/04
Posts: 1088
Loc: Youngsville, NC
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Add mine to the list 
99520 Blue, but now rusty. Just got off the Phone with Meade and got my RGA #. I'll be sending it off first thing Monday.
Cheers,
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Dan J.
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XT8i
ETX 90
PST
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"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have."
Gerald Ford
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Here's the latest list. I've added a couple new names & numbers, Thank you, Bruce, Adam, Bill, Joan & Dan!
I'm still wondering where the break between 100658 and 100706 is going to be. That's going to be the magic number to memorize.
Below that number it'll likely get the "dreaded rust" and above the number it's clean...
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94115 sick - "PEterW" in SW London, Repaired with clear blue objective (& ITF/etalon too?)
94229 sick? - Rick in Tokyo
94230 sick - Joe Bergeron in NY - repaired twice, last time with clear blue lens.
94606 sick - Gary Meehan "AXAF" in Boston
94645 not sick - John Hoare in Kildare, Eire
94769 sick? - Dave LoPresti in Conn.
94991 sick - David "ad701xx" in Oregon. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
95009 sick - Aaron McNeely in Indiana, repaired with blue/transparent obj. No bubbles.
95104 was blue, now gold - Tom Lawson "Guner" in NJ - repaired twice!
95166 sick - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY, repaired twice, 2nd time with blue/clear objective & new ITF/etalon.
95424 sick - Julio Cesar in Madrid - before repair.
95769 sick - Joan Koch "StargazerJMK", Tacoma. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96144 sick - Bruce Cosgrove "BRCoz" in Calif.
96325 sick - DAVIDG in Delaware. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96367 sick - "Zoomster" in Fla.- now repaired.
96448 sick - Mike Rosolina "Special Ed" in West Va. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96618 sick - Doug D. in Va. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96714 sick - Darren Hiebert in Alabama, repaired, sick again!
96969 sick - CESDewar in Georgia
97148 sick - Bill Leslie "bill-in-forres" Scotland
97449 not sick yet, blue - Steve Durham in NY
97468 sick - Bruce Raemsch "Carpe Noctum" in Cal., returned, lost by Meade, replaced.
97491 gold - Daniel Steinke in Illinois - bought used, repaired?
98131 not sick, blue/transparent - Gustavo Phols in Mexico (already repaired?)
98670 sick & gold (yellow?) "Davo" in Scotland
98773 sick - Gregor(slo) in Slovenia (the old scope)
98994 sick - Steve "molniyabeer" in Italia
99309 sick - Michelle "JARSHEART" in Fla. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
99335 sick - Kelly "Trombone" Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
99493 sick - Adrian Guzman "solmax" in San Jose, CA. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
99520 sick - DanJ in North Carolina. Sending it in for repair.
99760 sick - (brand new in box - Discovery Store) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
99807 sick - "Ike" Stewart, Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
100051 sick - Trevor Durity in Galway, Eire - sent to Meade for repair.
100054 sick - Ben Ritchie in Bosham, UK
100349 not sick - Chris Schroeder in Wisconsin
100360 sick - Rick in Tokyo
100658 sick - Jim from NJ Night Sky. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
100706 gold - Ed Kessler in PA
100727 gold - Bill K. "SprintCar Driver" in California
100914 gold - Quentin Rakestraw
100922 gold - justin2992 in Philly
100942 gold - LBartolomei in Minnesota
101040 gold - "jgraham" in Ohio
101147 gold - Julio Cesar's friend Oriol in Barcelona
101168 gold - Julio Cesar's replacement PST
101230 gold - me
101306 gold - Luke Leege "LLEGE" in Rochester
101337 gold - Gerald Bokowy "chemkelly" in Illinois
101369 blue - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY - the new one.
101489 blue - FLNightSky in Florida?
101526 blue - spacydee in Los Angeles, California.
101627 blue - Gregor(slo) in Slovenia (the new replacement scope)
101680 blue - Bill "Bonco" in Fla. Not sick.
101976 blue - Bill "Downward Bound" in Seattle.
101978 blue? - "Tarsier"
102xxx clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - Adorama NYC) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
102024 clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - #2 Adorama NYC) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ, bubbles are very small.
102196 blue - Adam "soreneck" in Toronto
102228 blue - "omahaastro" in Omaha. No bubbles.
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The first group are the ones that had the problem. Reflective blue lenses, one transparent...
The second group are the gold ones.
The last group are the new type, with blue lenses (transparent). Not sick.
If your PST or BF is sick, call Coronado/Meade:
1 (800) 626-3233 - Dave Wiggins ext 6289
Wayne.Motonaga@meade.com -- Not actually in the repair dept. Told Chris to "Be patient." :-(
Eddie Salgado -- "Very helpful"
Edited by Richard B. Drumm (02/04/07 01:05 PM)
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PEterW
super member
Reged: 01/02/06
Posts: 242
Loc: SW London, UK
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94115... the CN PST 'Grandfather' is back from the menders (minus the metal screw lens cover) with a nice clear blue lens. First look, nice and crisp, big swirling loops from the 2 sunspots. Getting used to the view and the tuner again.
94115- well and blue- PeterW SW London, UK.
Thanks to CN!
PEterW
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Bucephelus
Vendor
Reged: 04/20/06
Posts: 689
Loc: Northern, CA
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Hi Richard,
By Wayne being "not actually in the repair department" means that he does not actually DO the repairs but he is the proper person to call (among others) to arrange a repair. I made the original comment because I am not pleased with the repair department as it does not seem to me that they test anything. My PSTs came back to me with serious and obvious defects---the tuner won't turn?! I did not want to include Wayne in that group as I do not consider it his fault my PSTs have required multiple trips back to Meade.
I am not particularly pleased with being unable to get anything definitive from Wayne about the status of my PST---only that I "need to be patient". In my opinion, that's not the proper thing to tell a customer who has been dealing with defective product for 6 months. I've been patient.
Chris
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LLEEGE
Running out of Oxygen
Reged: 03/03/05
Posts: 9078
Loc: Cloud-chester,NY
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Here's mine. SN# 101306. Color is gold when looking straight on and blue when looked at on an angle. Oh, and so far it is fine.
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"Okay! You draw the straws. I'm-a taking the parachute."
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Erix
Toad Lily
Reged: 12/25/04
Posts: 22356
Loc: Ohio, USA
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Richard, I found my serial number for the PST that got stolen. At the time it was stolen, the lens was good.
#99801, purchased in Dec 2005 from Astronomics
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Erika
Automatic doors make me feel like a Jedi.
Zhumell 16", 10" LX200 Classic,Orion ED80, ETX70-AT, DS Maxscope 60mm
My CN Gallery * 2007 July - tracking NOAA10963
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EmielVeldhuis
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 01/29/07
Posts: 2479
Loc: Zwolle, the Netherlands
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My first unit was purchased at the ATT in Essen, Germany 2005. After a year the rustpromblem was noticble. That old PST had the goldcolor on the lens. # 097575.
My latest unit is the best...blue lens and the best contrast. # 101742.
Greetz Emiel
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8" LX10 SCT,Skywatcher NEQ6pro,Vixen SP,Skywatcher 150/1200mm refractor, Coronado PST's: Gold and Blue,Lunt LS60T-HA and CaK b/600, b/wToUcamSC3RAWmod.and a DMK 31AU03as.
http://astrosurf.com/obsolar/colabora/colaboradores/veldhuis.html
www.solarlive.nu
Experience our nearest GV2 star, live at SolarLive!
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Thanks Erika & Emiel!
So everybody keep your eyes peeled for Erika's PST!
If you see it for sale, call the cops, poleizi, gendarmes, and Scott Beith!
Then call Erika!
I'm starting to see something interesting in the list's data, so I isolated the group starting with 97491 and ending with 98670. It looks like Coronado (Coronado/Meade?) started to experiment with the coatings... I'm wondering, Emiel: How could you tell there was rust? Was it visible through the gold lens coating? Did you have to look at the lens from the side to see it? As the owner of a gold lens PST, I'm curious...
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94115 sick - "PEterW" in SW London, Repaired with clear blue objective.
94229 sick? - Rick in Tokyo
94230 sick - Joe Bergeron in NY - repaired twice, last time with clear blue lens.
94606 sick - Gary Meehan "AXAF" in Boston
94645 not sick - John Hoare in Kildare, Eire
94769 sick? - Dave LoPresti in Conn.
94991 sick - David "ad701xx" in Oregon. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
95009 sick - Aaron McNeely in Indiana, repaired with blue/transparent obj. No bubbles.
95104 was blue, now gold - Tom Lawson "Guner" in NJ - repaired twice!
95166 sick - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY, repaired twice, 2nd time with blue/clear objective & new ITF/etalon.
95424 sick - Julio Cesar in Madrid - before repair.
95769 sick - Joan Koch "StargazerJMK", Tacoma. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96144 sick - Bruce Cosgrove "BRCoz" in Calif.
96325 sick - DAVIDG in Delaware. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96367 sick - "Zoomster" in Fla.- now repaired.
96448 sick - Mike Rosolina "Special Ed" in West Va. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96618 sick - Doug D. in Va. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96714 sick - Darren Hiebert in Alabama, repaired, sick again!
96969 sick - CESDewar in Georgia
97148 sick - Bill Leslie "bill-in-forres" Scotland
97449 not sick yet, blue - Steve Durham in NY
97468 sick - Bruce Raemsch "Carpe Noctum" in Cal., returned, lost by Meade, replaced.
97491 gold - Daniel Steinke in Illinois - bought used, repaired?
97575 gold - sick "EmielVeldhuis" in Zwolle, Netherlands, old scope, sold?
98131 not sick, blue/transparent - Gustavo Phols in Mexico (already repaired?)
98670 sick & gold (yellow?) "Davo" in Scotland
98773 sick - Gregor(slo) in Slovenia (the old scope)
98994 sick - Steve "molniyabeer" in Italia
99309 sick - Michelle "JARSHEART" in Fla. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
99335 sick - Kelly "Trombone" Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
99493 sick - Adrian Guzman "solmax" in San Jose, CA. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
99520 sick - DanJ in North Carolina. Sending it in for repair.
99729 sick - Kurt Fisher, "canopus56" in Salt Lake City
99760 sick - (brand new in box - Discovery Store) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
99801 unknown -- STOLEN -- Erika Rix in Ohio
99807 sick - "Ike" Stewart, Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
100051 sick - Trevor Durity in Galway, Eire - sent to Meade for repair.
100054 sick - Ben Ritchie in Bosham, UK
100349 not sick - Chris Schroeder in Wisconsin
100360 sick - Rick in Tokyo
100407 slightly sick - Stephane in Belgium.
100658 sick - Jim from NJ Night Sky. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
100706 gold - Ed Kessler in PA
100727 gold - Bill K. "SprintCar Driver" in California
100914 gold - Quentin Rakestraw
100922 gold - justin2992 in Philly
100942 gold - LBartolomei in Minnesota
101040 gold - "jgraham" in Ohio
101147 gold - Julio Cesar's friend Oriol in Barcelona
101168 gold - Julio Cesar's replacement PST
101230 gold - me
101306 gold - Luke Leege "LLEGE" in Rochester
101337 gold - Gerald Bokowy "chemkelly" in Illinois
101369 blue - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY - the new one.
101489 blue - FLNightSky in Florida?
101526 blue - spacydee in Los Angeles, California.
101627 blue - Gregor(slo) in Slovenia (the new replacement scope)
101680 blue - Bill "Bonco" in Fla. Not sick.
101742 blue - "EmielVeldhuis" in Zwolle, Netherlands, new scope, best contrast.
101976 blue - Bill "Downward Bound" in Seattle.
101978 blue? - "Tarsier"
102xxx clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - Adorama NYC) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
102024 clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - #2 Adorama NYC) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ, bubbles are very small.
102196 blue - Adam "soreneck" in Toronto
102228 blue - "omahaastro" in Omaha. No bubbles.
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The first group are the ones that had the problem. Reflective blue lenses, one transparent...
The second group are the gold ones.
The last group are the new type, with blue lenses (transparent). Not sick.
If your PST or BF is sick, call Coronado/Meade:
1 (800) 626-3233 - Dave Wiggins ext 6289
Wayne.Motonaga@meade.com -- Not actually in the repair dept. Told Chris to "Be patient." :-(
Eddie Salgado -- "Very helpful"
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AKA Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum
Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
Edited by Richard B. Drumm (02/08/07 11:48 AM)
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EmielVeldhuis
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 01/29/07
Posts: 2479
Loc: Zwolle, the Netherlands
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Hello Richard,
My PST had the same rust as manny others had shown with their pictures. Mine had the old school orange/gold peel on the objective. thirst it performed well, later on (after a year) the sky around the sun became redder and redder and a lot of lost contrast. now, my new one, has lots of contrast, good tunning in the middle and a large "sweetspot".
greetz Emiel
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8" LX10 SCT,Skywatcher NEQ6pro,Vixen SP,Skywatcher 150/1200mm refractor, Coronado PST's: Gold and Blue,Lunt LS60T-HA and CaK b/600, b/wToUcamSC3RAWmod.and a DMK 31AU03as.
http://astrosurf.com/obsolar/colabora/colaboradores/veldhuis.html
www.solarlive.nu
Experience our nearest GV2 star, live at SolarLive!
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stevie
Spiderman
Reged: 12/07/03
Posts: 3282
Loc: Belgium
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I'll add mine as well .
#100407
With a blue objective , it seems to have the same rust problem , but it's only noticeable after a real close inspection.
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PEterW
super member
Reged: 01/02/06
Posts: 242
Loc: SW London, UK
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To the best of my knowledge the repair involves just unscrewing the top objective unit and then replacing it with a new one, the etalon is located much further down and I don't belive was touched.
Thanks
PEterW
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canopus56
sage
Reged: 05/01/05
Posts: 450
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Please add me to your serial number list
99729 - Rust/orange speckles across the entire inside of the lens - K. Fisher, Salt Lake City - Just starting process to request a new lens.
- Kurt
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canopus56
sage
Reged: 05/01/05
Posts: 450
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My repair authorization request experience to replace a rust defect PST lens was as follows. I called the Meade toll free customer service number (800) 626-3233. Other than an initial 25 minute wait on hold, once a customer service rep was on the line, it was basically a quick, pleasant, no-hassle, no-question, no-charge process to get a repair authorization number with a 3 week repair turnaround estimate. I am paying the outbound shipping; they are paying the return shipping. Basically, I felt good that Meade was standing behind the product of their acquired Coronado divison.
Initially I tried the Coronado toll free number and got no answer.
- Kurt
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Dean Mohr
newbie
Reged: 02/06/07
Posts: 1
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I believe that I can get us closer to determining when Coronado switched from the “gold” style of coating to the new “blue transparent” style. I own serial number 101339. It would seem that I own the first or second of the new blue transparent units produced. I hope this means that Coronado took extra care producing mine:)
Dean Mohr
Salt Lake City
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Thank you, Dean!
Now we have a REALLY good handle on the gold to blue/transparent transition.
Still looking for folks with scopes near the blue to gold transition zone...
Rich
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AKA Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum
Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
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Bucephelus
Vendor
Reged: 04/20/06
Posts: 689
Loc: Northern, CA
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Quote:
To the best of my knowledge the repair involves just unscrewing the top objective unit and then replacing it with a new one, the etalon is located much further down and I don't belive was touched.
Thanks
PEterW
I think there must be more to it than that. Both of mine came back from their first trips in pretty bad shape---in both cases the tuners were weird---one barely did anyting and the other was so tight I could hardly turn it. So they must have to do more---I think they move the etalon further back when they change the objective or at least they have tune it or adjust to the different objective. At least that is my impression from how mine have been returned. They certainly weren't doing a courtesy tune up as both returned from their first visit in unusable condition.
I will list my serial numbers after they complete repairs...
Chris
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CESDewar
GorillAstronomer
Reged: 01/16/05
Posts: 2069
Loc: Morganton, GA, USA
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RE: 96969 sick - CESDewar in Georgia
I sent my PST back to Meade for repair and it arrived there on 1/16. It came back repaired (Blue Objective) this past Monday. I took it out right away to look at the Sun but there was nothing much to see. At first I was worried it was not giving as contrasty a view, but SpaceWeather shows the sun to be blank with very low solar activity, so I'll wait for some more excitement to make a final judgement.
I just want to add that I really appreciate this thread and Meade stepping up to the plate to address this issue.
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JAT Observatory
Got Cookies?
Reged: 02/20/05
Posts: 6792
Loc: Eastern PA
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This thread is interesting. I have a PST with the serial number 100292. It's not sick and has a blue objective.
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The problem with free speech is even the stupid have a voice.
http://www.jatobservatory.org
Currently a SV102A, WO 66mm & 10" LX200GPS OTA on a Paramount ME
(these OTAs subject to change without notice)
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Oldfield
Postmaster
Reged: 03/20/02
Posts: 5816
Loc: Hong Kong
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I just got mine, serial number 96605, full of rust.
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The Home Astronomer from a city where most people are proud of the light pollution
Toys: Orion 100ED, Ranger with NGF-CM, SM40/BF10, TG-SP II, LXD55, DMK 31AF03, Canon 10x30 IS...
My observation log and ideas My General Blog
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NickH
Post Laureate
Reged: 05/09/06
Posts: 3717
Loc: Wiltshire, UK (near StoneHenge...
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owch.... sorry to hear that Oldfield
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Oldfield
Postmaster
Reged: 03/20/02
Posts: 5816
Loc: Hong Kong
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Quote:
owch.... sorry to hear that Oldfield
no problem here... 
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The Home Astronomer from a city where most people are proud of the light pollution
Toys: Orion 100ED, Ranger with NGF-CM, SM40/BF10, TG-SP II, LXD55, DMK 31AF03, Canon 10x30 IS...
My observation log and ideas My General Blog
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Trevor Durity
super member
Reged: 12/01/05
Posts: 146
Loc: Galway, Ireland
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Hey guys,
The postman dropped me a present today. The PST has returned from Meade Germany. Actually they have replaced it under warranty.
So that's 100051 that can be taken from the list.
The new one has the clear blue objective.
Can't wait to try it out. Storms here at the moment though.
Fair play Meade Germany 
Cheers,
Trev
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Trevor Durity
super member
Reged: 12/01/05
Posts: 146
Loc: Galway, Ireland
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Quote:
no problem here...
Ye gads! Didn't think it could get that bad
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NickH
Post Laureate
Reged: 05/09/06
Posts: 3717
Loc: Wiltshire, UK (near StoneHenge...
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oh...believe me it can....
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Trevor:
What's the new one's serial #?
Oldfield:
Yikes! That's the worst case of rust I've seen yet! Practically opaque!
Rich
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AKA Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum
Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
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Trevor Durity
super member
Reged: 12/01/05
Posts: 146
Loc: Galway, Ireland
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Hi Richard,
It's 101860.
Thanks,
Trev
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WO Megrez 90 FD + Zenithstar 66SD
Coronado PST
Celestron CG5-GT Mount
Sac 10 CCD
Minolta 7D SLR
SC1.5 B&W Toucam Pro (Chip blown )
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Bucephelus
Vendor
Reged: 04/20/06
Posts: 689
Loc: Northern, CA
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#94595---sad to report has been lost in action.
Meade sent a new replacement which I have not yet tried and they are sending a replacement for the case they lost as well.
Chris
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Chris:
When you can, could you post the new scopes #? I think you'll be very pleased with the new blue/transparent objective's performance. They seem to be the best of the 3 categories.
Rich
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94115 sick - "PEterW" in SW London, Repaired with clear blue objective.
94229 sick? - Rick in Tokyo
94230 sick - Joe Bergeron in NY - repaired twice, last time with clear blue lens.
94595 sick - Chris Reich "Bucephelus" in California. LOST BY MEADE.
94606 sick - Gary Meehan "AXAF" in Boston
94645 not sick - John Hoare in Kildare, Eire
94769 sick? - Dave LoPresti in Conn.
94991 sick - David "ad701xx" in Oregon. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
95009 sick - Aaron McNeely in Indiana, repaired with blue/transparent obj. No bubbles.
95104 was blue, now gold - Tom Lawson "Guner" in NJ - repaired twice!
95166 sick - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY, repaired twice, 2nd time with blue/clear objective & new ITF/etalon.
95424 sick - Julio Cesar in Madrid - before repair.
95769 sick - Joan Koch "StargazerJMK", Tacoma. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96144 sick - Bruce Cosgrove "BRCoz" in Calif. Repaired with clear blue objective.
96325 sick - DAVIDG in Delaware. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96367 sick - "Zoomster" in Fla.- now repaired.
96448 sick - Mike Rosolina "Special Ed" in West Va. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96605 sick - SO King-yan Oldfield in Hong Kong.
96618 sick - Doug D. in Va. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96714 sick - Darren Hiebert in Alabama, repaired, sick again!
96969 sick - CESDewar in Georgia, repaired with blue objective.
97148 sick - Bill Leslie "bill-in-forres" Scotland
97449 not sick yet, blue - Steve Durham in NY
97468 sick - Bruce Raemsch "Carpe Noctum" in Cal., returned, lost by Meade, replaced.
97491 gold - Daniel Steinke in Illinois - bought used, repaired?
97575 gold - sick "EmielVeldhuis" in Zwolle, Netherlands, old scope, sold?
98131 not sick, blue/transparent - Gustavo Phols in Mexico (already repaired?)
98569 sick - Joplin Motisher. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF tested.
98670 sick & gold (yellow?) "Davo" in Scotland
98773 sick - Gregor(slo) in Slovenia (the old scope)
98994 sick - Steve "molniyabeer" in Italia
99309 sick - Michelle "JARSHEART" in Fla. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
99335 sick - Kelly "Trombone" Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon. Traded to Bobby "Strgazr27" on Long Island?
99493 sick - Adrian Guzman "solmax" in San Jose, CA. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
99520 sick - DanJ in North Carolina. Sending it in for repair.
99729 sick - Kurt Fisher, "canopus56" in Salt Lake City.
99760 sick - (brand new in box - Discovery Store) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
99801 unknown -- STOLEN -- Erika Rix in Ohio
99807 sick - "Ike" Stewart, Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
100051 sick - Trevor Durity in Galway, Eire - sent to Meade for repair. --REPLACED--
100054 sick - Ben Ritchie in Bosham, UK
100292 not sick - Marcus Thompson "JAT Observatory" in Pennsylvania.
100349 not sick - Chris Schroeder in Wisconsin
100360 sick - Rick in Tokyo
100407 slightly sick - Stephane in Belgium.
100658 sick - Jim from NJ Night Sky. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
100706 gold - Ed Kessler in PA, sold to JD Sherman in New Jersey?
100727 gold - Bill K. "SprintCar Driver" in California
100914 gold - Quentin Rakestraw
100922 gold - justin2992 in Philly
100942 gold - LBartolomei in Minnesota
101040 gold - "jgraham" in Ohio
101147 gold - Julio Cesar's friend Oriol in Barcelona
101168 gold - Julio Cesar's replacement PST
101230 gold - me
101306 gold - Luke Leege "LLEGE" in Rochester
101337 gold - Gerald Bokowy "chemkelly" in Illinois
101339 blue - Dean Mohr, Salt Lake City
101369 blue - James Suarez "Jim7728" in NY - the new one.
101489 blue - FLNightSky in Florida?
101526 blue - spacydee in Los Angeles, California.
101627 blue - Gregor(slo) in Slovenia (the new replacement scope)
101680 blue - Bill "Bonco" in Fla. Not sick.
101742 blue - "EmielVeldhuis" in Zwolle, Netherlands, new scope, best contrast.
101860 blue - Trevor Durity in Galway, Eire. The replacement scope.
101976 blue - Bill "Downward Bound" in Seattle.
101978 blue? - "Tarsier"
102xxx clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - Adorama NYC) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ
102024 clear-blue/sick/bubbles - (brand new in box - #2 Adorama NYC) - Steven Kim "kimsc321" in NJ, bubbles are very small.
102196 blue - Adam "soreneck" in Toronto
102228 blue - "omahaastro" in Omaha. No bubbles.
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The first group are the ones that had the problem. Reflective blue lenses, one transparent...
The second group are the gold ones.
The last group are the new type, with blue lenses (transparent). Not sick.
If your PST or BF is sick, call Coronado/Meade:
1 (800) 626-3233 - Dave Wiggins ext 6289
Wayne.Motonaga@meade.com -- Not actually in the repair dept. Told Chris to "Be patient." :-(
Eddie Salgado -- "Very helpful"
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AKA Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum
Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
Edited by Richard B. Drumm (03/01/07 09:13 PM)
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BRCoz
sage
Reged: 10/21/05
Posts: 431
Loc: Moreno Valley, CA
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Well I received my pst back on Friday. I had only a few mins to view. It was gone for about 4 weeks. #96144
Bruce
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60mm AP guide scope
WO ZS80FD 10th Anniversary
FS102, AR5, APM/TMB 130
102 Apex, 8" Meade LX10, C11
PST
GM8, G11 & ASGT
Denk Standard, 25x100 binos
30D, 10D, AE-1, OM1
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Bruce:
Repaired with a blue objective, I presume? Did your paperwork refer to etalon repair as well?
Rich
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AKA Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum
Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
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BRCoz
sage
Reged: 10/21/05
Posts: 431
Loc: Moreno Valley, CA
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Richard,
On the notes it said, "replace objective lens + ITF tested clean optics. It has the clear blue objective. The tuning ring seems smoother and I now do not have to turn the ring near lock for the good stuff to show. It is now near the center of the tuning. I only had a few mins to check the view.
Bruce
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60mm AP guide scope
WO ZS80FD 10th Anniversary
FS102, AR5, APM/TMB 130
102 Apex, 8" Meade LX10, C11
PST
GM8, G11 & ASGT
Denk Standard, 25x100 binos
30D, 10D, AE-1, OM1
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Ya know, I'll bet I'm wrong on a bunch of the items there, I've got it as "repaired with blue objective & ITF/etalon" because I thought that new etalons were being installed too. I'll bet that the etalons are only adjusted and NOT replaced on everybody's scope. It's starting to make more sense...
Whatta you all say out there? Do you have NEW etalons, or re-tuned ones?
Rich
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AKA Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum
Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
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BRCoz
sage
Reged: 10/21/05
Posts: 431
Loc: Moreno Valley, CA
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I am going to guess mine (ITF/etalon) was adjusted by the notes from Meade. If the others can report what their paperwork said.
Thanks Rich for keeping this list.
Bruce
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60mm AP guide scope
WO ZS80FD 10th Anniversary
FS102, AR5, APM/TMB 130
102 Apex, 8" Meade LX10, C11
PST
GM8, G11 & ASGT
Denk Standard, 25x100 binos
30D, 10D, AE-1, OM1
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Joplin Motisher
member
Reged: 02/11/06
Posts: 22
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I got my PST # 98569 back from Meade on 2/23/07 (took 30 days including shipping both ways). I had received it new from Astronomics on 9/20/05. This one had a minor case of "rust" but it was visible when compared to another, slighly newer PST. It came back with a clear blue lens & the tuning mechanism works better (closer to center of travel.) In the notes section it reads: " Replace objective lens + ITF TESTED clean optics"
Joplin
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Thanks, Joplin! I edited the latest list to show your scope. I'll bet that they are replacing the objectives and testing/tuning the ITFs and not replacing the ITFs. If I get a couple more confirmations of this I'll change ALL the references in the list to read accurately.
BTW, welcome to Cloudy Nights!
Rich
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AKA Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum
Orion Atlas 10 (10" Newt on an equatorial mount)
Celestron 15x70 SkyMaster Binocs
Coronado Ha PST
President, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
IOTA member
38° 10' 57"N, 78° 23' 09"W
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ad701xx
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 11/22/03
Posts: 999
Loc: Aloha, OR
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My paperwork from Meade says "Replaced objective lens and ITF. Clean optics" This was on S/N 94991.
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Dave
2 scopes with 3 pieces of glass in the front, one has a little oil in it.
3 scopes with shiny glass at the bottom.
A few eyepieces.
No more wife
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JARSHEART
super member
Reged: 02/09/06
Posts: 159
Loc: West Palm Beach, FL
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Quote:
Ya know, I'll bet I'm wrong on a bunch of the items there, I've got it as "repaired with blue objective & ITF/etalon" because I thought that new etalons were being installed too. I'll bet that the etalons are only adjusted and NOT replaced on everybody's scope. It's starting to make more sense...
Whatta you all say out there? Do you have NEW etalons, or re-tuned ones?
Rich
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