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Re: [TenTec] [tentec] high prices

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] [tentec] high prices
From: George K4GM <k4gm@k4gm.com>
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Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2015 10:43:38 -0400
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I doubt the operator who complained about high repair costs has had to deal with Icom. A diode went out in my PW-1 and caused the finals to blow. Over $1200 later and I was back on the air!

73, George K4GM


On 8/8/2015 3:45 AM, Onno PA1AP wrote:
Replacing the logic board is an expensive step. It contains the cpu, both
dsp's and most other logic. Despite a high repair bill I dont think ten tec
tried to make a business case from this.

>From what I understood some components are hard to replace because they
became obsolete. Only option to repair is replace with inventory boards,
hence the higher cost.

Regards, onno pa1ap
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