The Paragon was not exactly Ten Tec’s “Paragon” performance!
> On Feb 4, 2018, at 9:28 PM, Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> 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
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Bwana Bob<mailto:wb2vuf@verizon.net>
>> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment<mailto:tentec@contesting.com> ;
>> w8au@sssnet.com<mailto:w8au@sssnet.com>
>> 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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