Author: crrandal@earthlink.net (Randy & Cara Randall)
Date: Sat Feb 1 18:02:20 2003
My father in law KB9VRY purchased a radio at AES to have it fail a day or two after recieving it. A call to AES got him " We'll send it back to the manufacturer or you can." How about a new radio and
Author: crrandal@earthlink.net (Randy & Cara Randall)
Date: Sat Feb 1 19:09:14 2003
A little strong? No. It is a business not a person. Maybe I should have said " Go out of business, Go out of business, Go out of business! " Any business that treats it's customers this poorly should
Author: crrandal@earthlink.net (Randy & Cara Randall)
Date: Sat Feb 1 19:28:41 2003
Today was a very tragic day to be certain, BUT I meant what I said and stand by it. No recall button required. Remember it is a business NOT a person. Randy AB9GO
Author: crrandal@earthlink.net (Randy & Cara Randall)
Date: Sat Feb 1 20:59:33 2003
A very fine example of how a company could and should do business. If the manufacturers policies are anti consumer there is a simple solution, do not carry or purchase that brand. Simple. The reason
Author: crrandal@earthlink.net (Randy & Cara Randall)
Date: Sat Feb 1 22:29:24 2003
/ AC5E@aol.com wrote:/ / The "Magnuson Moss Consumer Protection Act" is one such joke on the public. It says that if the box has even been opened the contents are used. The radio, camera, microwave o
Author: crrandal@earthlink.net (Randy & Cara Randall)
Date: Sun Feb 2 12:20:07 2003
Exactly. Never intended it to relate my comment to the people that worked there, just the company and their customer service ( or lack there of ) practices. I understand that they are only reflecting
Author: crrandal@earthlink.net (Randy & Cara Randall)
Date: Sun Feb 2 17:44:24 2003
Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX wrote: / Be reminded that when you purchase an item, you silently agree to abide by the terms of the Warranty Agreement and the manufacturer and you have a binding contrac
Author: crrandal@earthlink.net (Cara and Randy Randall)
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 12:52:52 -0500
Hello. What was the problem with the PTO in the Argosy I? The Ham Radio Magazine, November 1986 with the article on upgrading the Argosy I mentioned a PTO trade in for $25.00 that fixed a frequency "
Author: crrandal@earthlink.net (Cara and Randy Randall)
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 20:10:27 -0500
Well I think that there is a real need for some type of standardized rating system in the new age of reflectors, Ebay and Eham. You can't "look" at items except in fuzzy digital picture that can hide
Author: crrandal@earthlink.net (Cara and Randy Randall)
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 16:30:24 -0500
I have had a uniformly bad experience with this method. The problem I have had is this: you get a response or two or three that think you are the sucker.. err... person that will finance their kids c
Author: crrandal@earthlink.net (Cara and Randy Randall)
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 20:52:18 -0500
Your right, I am not obligated to buy and I did not. THEY seem to feel I am desperate. I am not! As for auctions, you missed my point. I did not say that auctions were a better deal every time, just
Author: crrandal@earthlink.net (Cara and Randy Randall)
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 11:14:1 -0500
I hate to say that the TenTec 248 in my Omni A series B works better than the one in my Icom 756 pro! I have a fence charger and the 756 cannot get rid of the click click click. It is completely gone
Author: crrandal@earthlink.net (Cara and Randy Randall)
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 18:13:6 -0500
Hello. I just received my PTO rebuild kit from TenTec parts dept. and it came with instructions on how to remove the PTO, but not how to rebuild it!!! Would some kind soul scan the instructions and E
Author: crrandal@earthlink.net (Cara and Randy Randall)
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 19:34:50 -0500
Hello. I have a 2.4 8 pole that I'd like to trade if that would work for you. Thanks, Randy KB8ASO -- Original Message -- From: Clark Savage Turner To: tentec@contesting.com Sent: 7/7/02 19:29:01 Sub
Author: crrandal@earthlink.net (Cara and Randy Randall)
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 19:53:25 -0500
Hello. Does anyone out there have a new front panel for the Argosy I? Also I am looking for the paint code number for the cabinet and the mode and band knobs. I just picked one up at Indy yesterday a
Author: crrandal@earthlink.net (Cara and Randy Randall)
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 18:58:54 -0500
Like the subject line sez. Is there really that big a difference between them? Thanks, Randy. -- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts -- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/
Author: crrandal@earthlink.net (Cara and Randy Randall)
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 20:39:5 -0500
I don't know why they would not make a transverter. They make a couple (20m to 6m and 2m to 6) for 6 meters and one for 10m to 2m AND there was a mod in QST to put the 2m transverter on 220Mhz. You n
Author: crrandal@earthlink.net (Cara and Randy Randall)
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 18:43:55 -0500
Hello. Is there a preferred method or material to recover the Omni top and bottom panels? Also mine are slightly sticky? I have heard that Drake TR7's from the same era had a sticky cabinet problem.
Author: crrandal@earthlink.net (Cara and Randy Randall)
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 18:0:2 -0500
There is a psudo"standard" the Collins CCA rating. I know of no other group more particular than the Collins collectors. Maybe we should "borrow" their rating system, make changes where appropriate a