Thanks to all who have chimed in with a suggestion idea etc. These helpful
suggestions will be passed along to the TenTec techs who will get to find
this anomaly or defect and then we'll know.
73 de W6OGC Jim Allen
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 6:49 PM, Barry N1EU <barry.n1eu@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
> >
> > 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...
> >
> > -------------------- K8JHR ----------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 4/29/2014 7:05 PM, Jim Allen wrote:
> >
> > I agree about the radio, which I like very much.
> >>
> >
> > 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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