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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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I guess it's time I updated the list. Dave, who is Mr. Wiggins?
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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.
94369 sick - Mike McShan in Oklahoma City. Sending it in for repair.
94595 sick - Chris Reich "Bucephelus" in California. LOST BY MEADE.
94606 sick - Gary Meehan "AXAF" in Boston. Repaired by Meade with a clear blue objective.
94645 not sick - John Hoare in Kildare, Eire
94769 sick? - Dave LoPresti in Conn.
94991 sick - David "ad701xx" in Oregon. "Replaced objective lens and ITF. Clean optics"
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.
96038 not sick - Stephen "darkstar 528" in Kentucky.
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.
96512 sick - Dave "DMI" Left a message for Mr. Wiggins.
96603 sick - "TONGKW" in Hong Kong. Sent to Meade (Coronado) for repairs.
96605 sick - SO King-yan Oldfield in Hong Kong.
96618 sick - Doug D. in Virginia. 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. Replaced by BC&F (Meade).
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?
98031 sick - Brian "Solar B" in Scotland. Repaired with new blue objective, new ERF/BF/Spacer.
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
99193 sick - Karoly "kfjpal" in Hungary. Might send it to Meade Germany or Broadhurst, Clarkson & Fuller in UK.
99309 sick - Michelle "JARSHEART" in Fla. "Replace objective lens and ITF, clean optics."
99335 sick - Kelly "Trombone" Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon. Traded to Bobby "Strgazr27" on Long Island?
99492 sick - "Solar1" in Texas. Sent back to Meade 3/8/07
99493 sick - Adrian Guzman "solmax" in San Jose, CA. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
99520 sick - DanJ in North Carolina. Repaired, new blue objective, cleaned optics.
99729 sick - Kurt Fisher, "canopus56" in Salt Lake City. Repaired with clear blue objective.
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 (Ben Ritchie's old scope) - sent to Meade for repair. --REPLACED--
100292 not sick - Marcus Thompson "JAT Observatory" in Pennsylvania.
100349 not sick - Chris Schroeder in Wisconsin
100353 not sick - Jeff Wilson "birddog06" in Oregon.
100360 sick - Rick in Tokyo
100407 slightly sick - Stephane in Belgium.
100657 sick - Barry "CactusButt" in Texas. Will be sent back after TSP 2007.
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
101344 blue - Rob Willett in London.
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.
102392 blue - Bill Leslie, "bill-in-forres" Scotland. Free replacement for # 97148.
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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"
For Meade PST repairs in Europe, contact Meade Germany: service.apd@meade.de
http://www.meade.de/en/about-us/employees.html
Sven Koenigsfeld - Tel. 0049-2872-8074-153
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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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DMI
newbie
Reged: 05/09/07
Posts: 3
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Sorry! that's Dave Wiggins from the Coronado/Meade contact info in your PST list. It confuses me  when I refer to another "Dave" 
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Dave
PST (repaired, finally!)
Celestron ED80
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Mike K
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/01/07
Posts: 626
Loc: Central Texas
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You can add mine to the list. SN#: 95414, a very sick PST. Meade has had it for a couple of weeks now. I'm going to be patient. ;-)
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Clear skies,
Mike K.
30°31" N 97°44" W, LP: Red
Observe: Once or twice a week back yard, once a month under dark skies
Favorites: Globulars, planets, face-on spirals
Equipment: CPC925/XT10i/TMB-92SS/Lunt LS60THaDS
Eyepieces: Naglers, Ethos, UO HDs, Hyperion Zoom
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Julio Cesar
sage
Reged: 02/24/04
Posts: 215
Loc: Madrid, Spain
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Mike K.
Your PST is just 10 numbers before my older one (#95424). It's now more than a year ago that I sent mine for repair and it was severely sick as yours.
Degradation of the objectives in both PSTs seems to me quite similar. They should be part of the same bunch for sure.
Good luck Mike.
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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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Mike K
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/01/07
Posts: 626
Loc: Central Texas
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Julio,
Yes, I'll bet our objectives were probably in the same batch. Have you been happy with yours since they fixed it for you?
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Clear skies,
Mike K.
30°31" N 97°44" W, LP: Red
Observe: Once or twice a week back yard, once a month under dark skies
Favorites: Globulars, planets, face-on spirals
Equipment: CPC925/XT10i/TMB-92SS/Lunt LS60THaDS
Eyepieces: Naglers, Ethos, UO HDs, Hyperion Zoom
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Julio Cesar
sage
Reged: 02/24/04
Posts: 215
Loc: Madrid, Spain
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Hi Mike,
I'm very happy with my new PST. It's a completely replaced unit with "golden coatings". New blue coated objectives are performing very good as well.
Good luck.
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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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Jim7728
Postmaster
Reged: 04/10/05
Posts: 5063
Loc: Stoop Landing Observatory, NYC
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Been a few weeks since I last used the PST.
Update: PST serial#95166, 7 months repaired with the new transparent blue lens, objective still looks clean and clear. 
Thanks again, Richard, for maintaining the list. 
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Jim
Genesis SDF-f/5.4 FS-102-f/8
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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You're very welcome, Jim!
Might as well post the revised list.
Seems like all the sick scopes are being fixed. Good!
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.
94369 sick - Mike McShan in Oklahoma City. Sending it in for repair.
94595 sick - Chris Reich "Bucephelus" in California. LOST BY MEADE.
94606 sick - Gary Meehan "AXAF" in Boston. Repaired by Meade with a clear blue objective.
94645 not sick - John Hoare in Kildare, Eire
94769 sick? - Dave LoPresti in Conn.
94991 sick - David "ad701xx" in Oregon. "Replaced objective lens and ITF. Clean optics"
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 NYC, repaired twice, 2nd time with blue/clear objective & new ITF/etalon. Works great now.
95414 sick - Mike Krzywonski in Texas
95424 sick - Julio Cesar in Madrid - before repair. Replaced with new scope.
95769 sick - Joan Koch "StargazerJMK", Tacoma. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96038 not sick - Stephen "darkstar 528" in Kentucky.
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.
96512 sick - Dave "DMI" Left a message for Mr. Wiggins.
96603 sick - "TONGKW" in Hong Kong. Sent to Meade (Coronado) for repairs.
96605 sick - SO King-yan Oldfield in Hong Kong.
96618 sick - Doug D. in Virginia. 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. Replaced by BC&F (Meade).
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?
98031 sick - Brian "Solar B" in Scotland. Repaired with new blue objective, new ERF/BF/Spacer.
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
99193 sick - Karoly "kfjpal" in Hungary. Might send it to Meade Germany or Broadhurst, Clarkson & Fuller in UK.
99309 sick - Michelle "JARSHEART" in Fla. "Replace objective lens and ITF, clean optics."
99335 sick - Kelly "Trombone" Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon. Traded to Bobby "Strgazr27" on Long Island?
99492 sick - "Solar1" in Texas. Sent back to Meade 3/8/07
99493 sick - Adrian Guzman "solmax" in San Jose, CA. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
99520 sick - DanJ in North Carolina. Repaired, new blue objective, cleaned optics.
99729 sick - Kurt Fisher, "canopus56" in Salt Lake City. Repaired with clear blue objective.
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 (Ben Ritchie's old scope) - sent to Meade for repair. --REPLACED--
100292 not sick - Marcus Thompson "JAT Observatory" in Pennsylvania.
100349 not sick - Chris Schroeder in Wisconsin
100353 not sick - Jeff Wilson "birddog06" in Oregon.
100360 sick - Rick in Tokyo
100407 slightly sick - Stephane in Belgium.
100657 sick - Barry "CactusButt" in Texas. Will be sent back after TSP 2007.
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
101344 blue - Rob Willett in London.
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.
102392 blue - Bill Leslie, "bill-in-forres" Scotland. Free replacement for # 97148.
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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"
For Meade PST repairs in Europe, contact Meade Germany: service.apd@meade.de
http://www.meade.de/en/about-us/employees.html
Sven Koenigsfeld - Tel. 0049-2872-8074-153
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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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Mogster
sage
Reged: 03/14/04
Posts: 337
Loc: Manchester, England
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Sick #96400 has been replaced by Meade Germany for an apparently new blue lens PST #103825.
Michael G.
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CPC 9.25, Orion 127 Mak, WO Zenithstar 2 80APO, Coronado PST, Pentax 12X50 WP
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Mike K
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/01/07
Posts: 626
Loc: Central Texas
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PST #95414 is back from Meade after being repaired. Nice views at first light today.
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Clear skies,
Mike K.
30°31" N 97°44" W, LP: Red
Observe: Once or twice a week back yard, once a month under dark skies
Favorites: Globulars, planets, face-on spirals
Equipment: CPC925/XT10i/TMB-92SS/Lunt LS60THaDS
Eyepieces: Naglers, Ethos, UO HDs, Hyperion Zoom
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Ben Ritchie
Lost in Space
Reged: 01/31/05
Posts: 4378
Loc: Bosham, UK
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My new one is 103552. Blue and healthy.
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Observatory - Astro-Physics 130EDT StarFire, Borg 60ED f/3.8 Astrograph, 1000D, EQ6/pro
Outside - SkyWatcher 305mm f/5 Dob with Moonlight focuser, TeleVue 76/Vixen GP-E
Eyepieces - Pentax 5XW, TeleVue 8, 13 Ethos, 31T5 Nagler, MPCC, Catseye collimation tools
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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It seems like things are sorting themselves out nicely on the sick PST front.
The sick scopes are getting repaired or replaced. Here's the latest (& last?) list:
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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.
94369 sick - Mike McShan in Oklahoma City. Sending it in for repair.
94595 sick - Chris Reich "Bucephelus" in California. LOST BY MEADE.
94600 sick - Mogster in Manchester. Replaced by Meade Germany, see 103825
94606 sick - Gary Meehan "AXAF" in Boston. Repaired by Meade with a clear blue objective.
94645 not sick - John Hoare in Kildare, Eire
94769 sick? - Dave LoPresti in Conn.
94991 sick - David "ad701xx" in Oregon. "Replaced objective lens and ITF. Clean optics"
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 NYC, repaired twice, 2nd time with blue/clear objective & new ITF/etalon. Works great now.
95414 sick - Mike Krzywonski in Texas, repaired by Meade, OK now.
95424 sick - Julio Cesar in Madrid - before repair. Replaced with new scope.
95769 sick - Joan Koch "StargazerJMK", Tacoma. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96038 not sick - Stephen "darkstar 528" in Kentucky.
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.
96400 sick - "Mogster" in Manchester UK, replaced by Meade Germany with blue #103825
96448 sick - Mike Rosolina "Special Ed" in West Va. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96512 sick - Dave "DMI" Left a message for Mr. Wiggins.
96603 sick - "TONGKW" in Hong Kong. Sent to Meade (Coronado) for repairs.
96605 sick - SO King-yan Oldfield in Hong Kong.
96618 sick - Doug D. in Virginia. 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. Replaced by BC&F (Meade).
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?
98031 sick - Brian "Solar B" in Scotland. Repaired with new blue objective, new ERF/BF/Spacer.
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
99193 sick - Karoly "kfjpal" in Hungary. Might send it to Meade Germany or Broadhurst, Clarkson & Fuller in UK.
99309 sick - Michelle "JARSHEART" in Fla. "Replace objective lens and ITF, clean optics."
99335 sick - Kelly "Trombone" Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon. Traded to Bobby "Strgazr27" on Long Island?
99492 sick - "Solar1" in Texas. Sent back to Meade 3/8/07
99493 sick - Adrian Guzman "solmax" in San Jose, CA. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
99520 sick - DanJ in North Carolina. Repaired, new blue objective, cleaned optics.
99729 sick - Kurt Fisher, "canopus56" in Salt Lake City. Repaired with clear blue objective.
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 (Ben Ritchie's old scope) - sent to Meade for repair. --REPLACED--
100292 not sick - Marcus Thompson "JAT Observatory" in Pennsylvania.
100349 not sick - Chris Schroeder in Wisconsin
100353 not sick - Jeff Wilson "birddog06" in Oregon.
100360 sick - Rick in Tokyo
100407 slightly sick - Stephane in Belgium.
100657 sick - Barry "CactusButt" in Texas. Will be sent back after TSP 2007.
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
101344 blue - Rob Willett in London.
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.
102392 blue - Bill Leslie, "bill-in-forres" Scotland. Free replacement for # 97148.
103552 blue - Ben Ritchie in Bosham, UK, replacement for sick scope.
103825 blue - "Mogster" in Manchester, UK, replacement for sick scope.
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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"
For Meade PST repairs in Europe, contact Meade Germany: service.apd@meade.de
http://www.meade.de/en/about-us/employees.html
Sven Koenigsfeld - Tel. 0049-2872-8074-153
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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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JHM
member
Reged: 07/20/07
Posts: 15
Loc: Colorado
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94262
Seemed OK, but rust seen when objective viewed in bright light.
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Celestron C5
FS 78
Coronado PST
Edited by JHM (07/27/07 04:30 PM)
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Ben Ritchie
Lost in Space
Reged: 01/31/05
Posts: 4378
Loc: Bosham, UK
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Hi Richard, just to clarify 103552 wasn't a replacement for sick scope, it was just a new PST.
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Observatory - Astro-Physics 130EDT StarFire, Borg 60ED f/3.8 Astrograph, 1000D, EQ6/pro
Outside - SkyWatcher 305mm f/5 Dob with Moonlight focuser, TeleVue 76/Vixen GP-E
Eyepieces - Pentax 5XW, TeleVue 8, 13 Ethos, 31T5 Nagler, MPCC, Catseye collimation tools
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AstroRon
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 05/13/05
Posts: 1350
Loc: Maine Coast
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Hi Richard,
Guess you'll have to add my PST serial number to the list! #95919 from December 2004. (Got it on the 24th, 9AM) Shipped direct from Coronado on the 22nd.
I didn't have a problem when this saga began and I've had a PSM 40 mounted on the PST for the last year and 8 months. Been doing LOTS of "SOLAR Star Parties" and outreach with schools. I took the PSM 40 off of the PST in July and saw the dreaded "RUST". I didn't have it in December of 2005. I didn't notice a significant change in the views, so I must have "adjusted" to the changes.
I have some commitments for this school year already and am anxious about the repair "turn-around", especially with all the comments I've read in most of these threads!
One of these threads had a phone number to call. I'll have to go look for it again and see how the repair plays out.
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Ron, KF1H
PST/PSM40, ETX-125, Lunt LS60Ha50DS/BF1200 http://mysite.verizon.net/KF1H
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Richard B. Drumm
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 1484
Loc: Albemarle Co. Virginia
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Ron:
I was just up your way a few weeks ago, Visited Camden & Bar Harbor with the wife & kids. Very nice! Had the best lobster roll in Camden at that restaurant above the falls downtown. Yum!
There's an 800 number at the bottom of the list that might get you started. Gotta have the best possible views for the schoolkids! You can just about see the little gears going around in there! Buzz, whirr!
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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.
94262 sick - JHM in Colorado.
94369 sick - Mike McShan in Oklahoma City. Sending it in for repair.
94595 sick - Chris Reich "Bucephelus" in California. LOST BY MEADE.
94600 sick - Mogster in Manchester. Replaced by Meade Germany, see 103825
94606 sick - Gary Meehan "AXAF" in Boston. Repaired by Meade with a clear blue objective.
94645 not sick - John Hoare in Kildare, Eire
94769 sick? - Dave LoPresti in Conn.
94991 sick - David "ad701xx" in Oregon. "Replaced objective lens and ITF. Clean optics"
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 NYC, repaired twice, 2nd time with blue/clear objective & new ITF/etalon. Works great now.
95414 sick - Mike Krzywonski in Texas, repaired by Meade, OK now.
95424 sick - Julio Cesar in Madrid - before repair. Replaced with new scope.
95769 sick - Joan Koch "StargazerJMK", Tacoma. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
95919 sick - Ron T. "AstroRon" in Maine.
96038 not sick - Stephen "darkstar 528" in Kentucky.
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.
96400 sick - "Mogster" in Manchester UK, replaced by Meade Germany with blue #103825
96448 sick - Mike Rosolina "Special Ed" in West Va. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
96512 sick - Dave "DMI" Left a message for Mr. Wiggins.
96603 sick - "TONGKW" in Hong Kong. Sent to Meade (Coronado) for repairs.
96605 sick - SO King-yan Oldfield in Hong Kong.
96618 sick - Doug D. in Virginia. 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. Replaced by BC&F (Meade).
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?
98031 sick - Brian "Solar B" in Scotland. Repaired with new blue objective, new ERF/BF/Spacer.
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
99193 sick - Karoly "kfjpal" in Hungary. Might send it to Meade Germany or Broadhurst, Clarkson & Fuller in UK.
99309 sick - Michelle "JARSHEART" in Fla. "Replace objective lens and ITF, clean optics."
99335 sick - Kelly "Trombone" Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon. Traded to Bobby "Strgazr27" on Long Island?
99492 sick - "Solar1" in Texas. Sent back to Meade 3/8/07
99493 sick - Adrian Guzman "solmax" in San Jose, CA. Repaired with clear blue objective & ITF/etalon.
99520 sick - DanJ in North Carolina. Repaired, new blue objective, cleaned optics.
99729 sick - Kurt Fisher, "canopus56" in Salt Lake City. Repaired with clear blue objective.
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 (Ben Ritchie's old scope) - sent to Meade for repair. --REPLACED--
100292 not sick - Marcus Thompson "JAT Observatory" in Pennsylvania.
100349 not sick - Chris Schroeder in Wisconsin
100353 not sick - Jeff Wilson "birddog06" in Oregon.
100360 sick - Rick in Tokyo
100407 slightly sick - Stephane in Belgium.
100657 sick - Barry "CactusButt" in Texas. Will be sent back after TSP 2007.
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
101344 blue - Rob Willett in London.
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.
102392 blue - Bill Leslie, "bill-in-forres" Scotland. Free replacement for # 97148.
103552 blue - Ben Ritchie in Bosham, UK, new scope.
103825 blue - "Mogster" in Manchester, UK, replacement for sick scope.
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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"
For Meade PST repairs in Europe, contact Meade Germany: service.apd@meade.de
http://www.meade.de/en/about-us/employees.html
Sven Koenigsfeld - Tel. 0049-2872-8074-153
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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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dengwer
super member
Reged: 02/14/06
Posts: 154
Loc: Texas
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101312 gold - (not sick) dengwer in Tx.
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ETX125AT
Wife's ETX90RA
Orion Ultra-View 10x50
Meade 12" Lightbridge Deluxe
coronado PST
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Sol
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 08/20/07
Posts: 1958
Loc: Powys, Wales, UK
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Hi
Just to let you know that.........
PST 103552 blue - Ben Ritchie in Bosham, UK, replacement for sick scope.
This one is now with me after Ben sold it on to me three weeks back - Mark Walters in Four Crosses, Wales, UK
Cheers
Mark
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Bart G
member
Reged: 11/10/05
Posts: 27
Loc: Roeselare, Belgium
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101073 gold - Bart Goossens in Roeselare, Belgium
I think i got a good one. The paper in the box said that it was built over a year ago. The lens was very clean. I haven't had a chance to compare to another gold or blue pst but i'm seeing all the details i was expecting.
Richard, thanks a lot for this list. It's been a great help 
Blue skies
Bart G
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Orion Optics 14" F4.7 OD350 1/8pv on Roundtable Platform
ED100
PST Ha
24 Panoptic
17mm Hyperion
13mm Stratus
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darkstar528
Postmaster
Reged: 03/06/07
Posts: 6786
Loc: Hodgenville, Kentucky, USA
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I hate my position on that list, I feel like it's a matter of when as I've never been that lucky before...
What are first signs?...
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Blue skies,
Stephen "Darkstar" Ames
PST(#96038), VIXEN 8-24mm,CEMAX 2x Barlow, Thousand Oaks White Light Filter and a Meade Elec EP
CFI, CFII, MEI, working on EIEIO!
BAA Member
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