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Well at ga hamfest 3 months later traded for plus cash for a kenwood
ts850sat. It was gaurenteeeed to be top notch. Just been to kenwood for
realinement. You know the deal. 2 Days later at home it quit.
snip.
Would it made a difference if it had quit two weeks, or two months later?
If you would of tested it at the fest, would that made a difference?
This reminds me of an incident occuring in Germany. A Major Birch tried to
make me guarentee that an AN/GRC-46 would work when we went to Ogau (I was
stationed in Lenggries). He was specifically concerned about the
transmitter T-195. I explained that I could test it at Lenggries and only
state that it was working. I couldn't guarentted that it would work further
down the road. This wasn't good enough, so he ordered a new (or rebuilt)
T-195 from the Pirmaseans Depot in France. You guessed it, it started
blowing smoke out of the exhaust blower vents when turned on.
Wold you guarentee a light bulb to work two days later? More than likely it
would, but there is also a chance it won't. Electronics systems are subject
to failures of all sorts. The best way to deal with it is to go for
redundency.
m2cw
73, wd4air
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