Re: [TenTec] Paragon 585

[Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@verizon.net>]

My sympathy... I fixed my Paragon PLL 2 or 3 times over the years.  This 
summer I fixed multiple PLL problems for a local ham.  His Paragon had 
been off the air for years. After I fixed it, it ran for a week, then 
the power supply pass transistors blew for some unknown reason. He 
switched to a Astron supply and th Paragon ran fine until he reported 
that it was "shutting down" when he increased the power to more than a 
few watts.  Sigh... That guy's Paragon is cursed.  He is now using a 
Kenwood that someone gave him.
73,

Bob


On 2/2/2018 10:46 PM, A R wrote:
> Bob,
>
> You're exactly right. The Paragon that I recently acquired had been fitted with 
> LED lamps that were just too blue-white (wrong color temp). Replaced them with 
> #47's, and am much happier. Now If I could just square away the flaky PLL...
>
> 73,
> Allen--W7GIF
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> From: Bwana Bob<mailto:wb2vuf@verizon.net>
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> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 5:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Paragon 585
>
> According to my Original Paragon manual, the meter lamps are 6 V. There
> is a voltage regulator type 7805 on the Low Level Amplifier/Noise
> Blanker board. See section 6-18 on page 6-69: "Regulated 6 Volts is
> supplied to the meter lamps through connector O." I presume that Ten
> Tec used regulated voltage for the lamps to prevent them from flickering
> during keying (like the 12 V lamps on my Corsair do.
>
> The venerable #47, rated at 3,000 hours, would be the lamp of choice.
> However, the #755 is also 6V, draws the same current, but is rated at
> 20,000 hours!
>
> 73,
>
> Bob WB2VUF
>
>
> On 2/2/2018 5:04 PM, w8au@sssnet.com wrote:
> > Any bayonet base lamp rated at 12 - 14 volts. Type 52 would do.
> >
> > w8au
> >
> >
> > At 03:51 PM 2/2/2018, you wrote:
> > > I have a Paragon and need to replace the display/meter lights. The
> > > ones in my radio do not have any markings on them. Anyone know what
> > > the bulb is? The manual/schematic do not show them!! I plan to
> > > replace them with LED lights but need to know what is supposed to be
> > > in the radio first. Thank you -- Paul Ramey WG0G
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