Rick,
When I had Paragon 1's I routinely replaced the 9-volt rechable batteries with
Radio Shack 9- volt rechargeables and they worked just fine. Be aware that for
the battery to recharge early Paragon's required a simple mod. As I recall the
mod was the simple addition of a resistor, but it has been many years and the
gray matter is getting old.
73
Dave
WA3F
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 9:32:06 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Paragon II model 586 questions
Gary,
I was told that the 9v battery for the Par-1 is no longer available.
What do you use instead?
73
Rick, DJ0IP
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of GARY HUBER
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 3:28 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Paragon II model 586 questions
Unlike the original PARAGON (585) which used a 9V battery to retain memory
when the PS was turned off, the PARAGON-II (586) has a microprocessor
internal power cell which has a rating of 8 to 10 years (page 2-5 of the
manual
http://www.tentec.com/downloads/manuals/Model%20586%20Paragon%20II%20Manual.
pdf
) I doubt the original power cell works at this point so perhaps one could
rig up a circuit similar to the one in 585 so that a 9V battery could keep
the processor live when the PS is off.
73 ES DX,
Gary -- AB9M
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Bertini
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 9:46 PM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] Paragon II model 586 questions
Hello to the group
I just picked up a used Paragon II and have several questions...
First, where is the backup battery located? I've read that the Paragon uses
a long life lithium cell, but I can't locate it. The manual states the
battery is internal to the CPU chip, but that doesn't sound correct, unless
they are referring to the Dallas chip modules???
Second question is in regards to QSK with non TT amps.... will the T voltage
mod (T voltage keying a power FET) for the Omni VI work the same in the
Paragon II?
Regards
Pete
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