Just my opinion, but I'd want to have troubleshooting skills (or willing to
learn) if I owned a 20+ year old Ten-Tec radio. These rigs occasionally
need service - they simply won't be 100% problem free.
73, Barry N1EU
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 11:40 PM, K8JHR <jrichards@k8jhr.com> wrote:
> It is manifest this little peccadillo is sufficiently annoying to induce
> you to fix it. And why not? I think you should fix it and enjoy the heck
> out of it when it returns in a week or so. The cost of repair will be far
> less than the price of any new rig of any stripe.
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> Otherwise, you may not not enjoy the rig at all - especially if you gotta
> futz with it to get it to work. You cannot just sell it without mentioning
> the problem, unless the buyer has the opportunity to inspect the goods with
> a reasonable chance of discovering the problem, himself, before closing the
> deal. You can either eat the cost of repair now, and enjoy the rig as it
> is supposed to be; or slice the cost of repair off the sale price.
>
> Moreover, TT recently returned the rig with a clean bill of health, I
> predict TT will take very good care of you in resolving this issue. I had
> a similar issue on a repair order, and TT was super fair about who at what
> on the final invoice. It was such a good experience, I considered the
> purchase of a used Orion II a good risk.
>
> Just MY take...
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> On 4/29/2014 7:05 PM, Jim Allen wrote:
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> I agree about the radio, which I like very much.
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> I think the choices are to send it in for a look and fix, or to operate it
>> like this, with the XIT on as described while I decide what the future
>> looks like. Maybe it's time for that K3 or even a Flex 5000 or something
>> like that.
>>
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