What I don't understand Woody, is if you love American rigs why is your
first shot out of the box here to put them down?
73, Mike N4NT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Woody" <ko4bg1@gmail.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 05:32 AM
Subject: [TenTec] New "Old Guy"
> *Hello new here but Old to Ten Tec's*
> *I have owned Ten Tec's since 1991 when I bought my first Paragon, bought
> it when you still bought from a Ham Radio store, loved it had waaay too
> much trouble with it should have bought stock in the Brown Truck, Jack
> Burchfield got to know my voice on the phone, we talked so much, he worked
> with me on the phone, I had the phone in one hand and meter in the other,
> cover off the Paragon, he said I'll have it picked up, I said no I'll
> bring
> it to you, carried it back myself, Jack came out to the car and carried it
> in himself and told his guys to fix it this time. He also carried my wife
> and myself on the "Tour" man was I let down, I think 3 people in the whole
> shop and 2 of the Tech's were shooting the Bull, but very nice Machine
> Shop. I was a Tool Maker so I enjoyed it but let down about the Huge Ham
> Radio facility, of course you couldn't make a living off of just building
> Ham gear especially with the Rice Boxes around. Jack got it fixed "again",
> he was and I hope still is "One Hell of a Nice Guy, but guess what had
> trouble again, THEN mother nature stepped in, LIGHTENING STRIKE, to the
> tune of $6000, I had full replacement insurance. I had a lot of Ten Tec by
> then, Titan 425, 238 Tuner, matching power supply. Paragon couldn't be
> fixed (thank God) got a new Onmi 6 plus, had other stuff repaired, Drake
> was till in business, they repaired my Drake Rigs. The Onmi 6 plus worked
> flawlessly from 97 until last year, never even a hic up. But THEN good ole
> Murphry stepped in, I called Ten Tec was told Too OLD, buy you a knew one,
> I said look I'm Old, got an Old Wife been married since 32 days before I
> left for Nam in 69, I love Old stuff, I collect Drakes but still like my
> Ten Tec station, I'm a Patriotic SOB, if its AMERICAN I'm going to have
> it.
> Then my very Good Friend K4DPK stepped in fixed the Onmi, and it and the
> rest of the Ten Tec stuff will be here till I go to that big Ham fest in
> the sky.*
> *All I'm saying is I love American rigs, that's why I collect Drake's I
> started out with them and will end up with them and Ten Tec's as long as
> the Ten Tec's keep working. There are several guys around to work on Drake
> rigs but try to find one to work on Ten Tec, do a Google search, won't
> happen and Ten Tec is no help to you, except buy a new one , we don't
> stock
> parts for them any more, when I talked to them they sounded as though they
> could care less, and they did a friend of mine, k0cak the same way, he
> also
> has an Onmi 6 plus. Try to find a Logic board for an Onmi 6 plus, that
> won't happen, If it weren't for my good friend Phil (who knows more about
> Ten Tec,s than the new guys up there will ever know) I'd be out of
> luck!!!!
> *
> *I'm a Southern boy, born and Raised in Alabama, love Ten Tec's
> hospitality, But they just don't support their equipment like they should,
> but then again I guess neither do the Rice Box rigs, don't know I've never
> owned one.*
> *Sorry for the Rambling*
> *Woody KO4BG
> * **Of **all **the things I've L**ost, I miss my Mind the Most~~~*
> * If you forward this e-mail, please delete the forwarding history*
> *Thanks*
> *"Woody"*
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