Mark IV Operation

[Tom Droege <tdroege@veriomail.com>]

Running a Mark IV is not going to be like buying an Explorer from Ford 
where you just take it out on the road and drive it 100 miles an hour 
without fastening your seat belt.  The Mark IV is going to require some 
care and fussing.  Everything will not always work, so you will have to be 
aware and sensitive to the adjustments that might be required.  I have a 
lot of experience now, and can provide good advice.  You are going to have 
to want to run it though.  I would not want to be more than a few miles 
away.  I am a flight of stairs away now, and with my legs that is a few 
miles of effort.

OK, it is quite possible that one will be able to run remotely after a few 
months of shake down and learning to fix the things that are a problem in 
your locale.  Probably different from my problems here in Batavia.

Non the less, I now rarely lose data that I want to take.  One just has to 
be awake and alert.  I doubt it is much different at any telescope.

Tom Droege