Bikerscum - Patrick St. Jean

When I got home from work there were a couple packages waiting for me, but the best surprise was the PST returned from Meade/Coronado a lot sooner than I thought it would be. The front objective has been repaired, in fact it looks like it was replaced w… more »

I sent the PST off to Meade today to get it repaired as it's showing the dreaded "rust" on the front objective. Meade's customer service was excellent, no hassle, no nothing. Just gave me my RMA number, shipping info, etc. I packed it up and sent it o… more »

We got up early and got Reese out to his t-ball practice. This is his second year of it and the improvement is amazing. It's still loosely organized chaos, but not nearly as crazy as last year's practices were. He's getting the fundamentals down well.… more »

John Dobson spoke at tonight's Texas Astronomical Society meeting. It was a great speech, convering a number of topics including the Big Bang theory, telescope making, global warming, and more. I'm really glad that I had the chance to meet and hear him… more »

And I got all that stuff together for nothing. The TAS picnic just got cancelled due to Rita. And the rain dates are when I'm in Finland, so I get to miss it once again. more »

I ordered a few parts from Orion today. I've got an EQ-1 mount, the EQ-1M electronic drive, and the 1/4"-20 adapter needed to finally get a tracking platform for my PST. I haven't been able to do any decent imaging because the adjustment capabilities o… more »

The zoom eyepiece came in today and brought thunderstorms with it. Why is that? So until the sky clears I won't be able to try it out. more »

Based on the reviews and suggestions from the PST Yahoo Group I've placed an order for Apogee's 7.3mm - 22mm zoom eyepiece today. I'll post a review when it arrives. more »

I managed to get the PST out for a little while this afternoon. No digital imaging this time, but I did give a go to doing some film shots. No luck, I couldn't get it to come to focus with my 2x barlow so I might try to find a 3x barlow because the con… more »

Since it's the first of the month and I'm a little bored, here's some of my favorite books: Astronomy Mike Weasner's excellent Using the Meade ETX HAM Radio The ARRL Repeater Directory The ARRL HF Digi… more »