Hear Hear!
We have been spoiled by the service we got from the original Ten Tec
company. Paul Clinton and his techs were always very helpful, and that
costs money. David is trying very hard to keep the company functional,
but had to make some changes.
When I was a tech at the Motorola Midwest Service Depot in Schaumburg,
Illinois in the late 1970s, they were charging $65 an hour for my
services. From that sum, I was paid $6.50 an hour. Inflation since then
has taken its toll, and I find that the new Ten Tec service rates are
not excessive at all. If they can find the parts, they can still fix
most of our old radios. I just ordered some ceramic filters from a
place in Australia, so I can keep my Argonaut V alive for some time. I
have also bought final amplifier transistors for most of my old Ten Tec
rigs.
I once owned a Kenwood TS-790A VHF/UHF multimode radio. Once it had
passed the time they supported it, I could not get it fixed at all by
Kenwood. I had to get it fixed at a shop in Southeast Iowa. This is
going to be the case for whatever brand of radio that you purchase from
now on. Product life cycles are getting ever shorter, too.
73,
Steve WA9JML
On 8/8/2018 3:31 PM, Rick@dj0ip.de wrote:
David, you didn't start a firestorm. To the contrary, you triggered a very
important twist on the thread of getting old radios repaired.
Fundamentally: forget it.
And the lesson to be learned is, it will only get worse.
Consider that when making purchase decisions.
I will conclude my contribution to this thread by saying anyone blaming the
current Ten-Tec owner for anything in the past, or failure to be able to
repair radios that he never sold, is . . . not only unfair, but damaging our
hobby by discouraging others from continuing to invest in the manufacturing
side of it.
73,
Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt, Germany)
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