If and when Ten Tec gets back to making and selling radios, wed have something to talk about. Its been years since they offered a new rig, which I think was the Argonaut VI. It would be slick if they
Ira, and the group. the trouble was, I wasnt making that up. The transmitter was all home-brew and was a huge affair that chirped, clicked and hummed. I kept trying to fix it with each OO card Id get
Gang, Its been a long time but Im sure I did. I dont remember if it was required to do so or not. I recall one OO and I traded letters back and forth (way before anyone invented email) about how to f
Personally, Id fix it. Theyre a damn good radio and even if you have to sink $200-$400 bucks in it, there is a good chance it will run for another twenty years. Mike, WB8VGE Mike, WB8VGE SunLight Ene
Remember the drake TR-5. 90 watts. It didn't sell like it should have because most hams thought it was under powered even though no one could tell the difference between 90 and 100 watts on the rec e
joe, the trim ring comes off by two screws on the bottom, directly under the vfo knob mike Mike, WB8VGE SunLight Energy Systems The Heathkit Shop http://www.theheathkitshop.com/ <http://www.theheathk
gang, Im very comfortable working on a service bench. I know what end of a soldering iron gets hot, and what direction a diode has to go back into a circuit. I purchased a used Jupiter last summer. I
Al, I don't have a board, but might have a new chip. If you have the ic , but don't want to mess with it, I'll replace the chip for free. I have all the tools here. Mike wb8vge Sent from my iPad Know
Watch out where you place your fingers inside that amplifier. Not only will the voltages inside there kill you, it will hurt while you die Be careful! Mike, WB8VGE Mike Bryce prosolar@sssnet.com The
rich. about the only way that i know of is to pull the crystals one at a time and try them in a oscillator circuit, a one transistor job built on perfboard or protoboard the color codes were toleranc
Youve never spent a week on the Talmadge Circle by Akron Ohio then. Put fifteen miles on the car before I finally figured out how to get off that thing Mike, WB8VGE Mike Bryce, WB8VGE the heathkit sh
silly question, but did this start to act up or did you buy a voice card and add it to the radio? There is a modification that needs to be done to the card if it came out of the paragon and into the
Hummm. thinking outside the box again So does that mean after Ten Tec get production up and running, and I buy a $3000 Omni VII+, and I cant figure out why this doesnt do that, Ill need a work order
I remember reading that info from John Henry. I guess my point is will I have to pay for phone support for a NEW piece of gear? I can certainly understand calling about a issue with an Argosy II,and
That's an easy one. You have NO warranty. The new owner purchased the assets, NOT the liabilities. My argonaut VI I purchased last May, failed and when I inquired about warranty work. Well sorry. Tha
I thought so, too. The Argonaut VI took a crap about three-four months after I had it. It was repaired under RKR warranty. Fast forward and whoa, company had been sold again. Meanwhile down at the ra
Bill and the group right now, unless someone has more insider information than I have. well here goes service is $140 first hour $125 second hour billed in 15 minute increments depending on where the