Television model life cycles in the 1970’s thru the 1980’s were pegged at 3
years. It is currently 3 MONTHS and shrinking. No factory service department
does component level troubleshooting or repair any more. Board replacement is
the name of the game.
Watch your top knot.
Greg, KC8HXO
Sent from my Linux device
> On Aug 8, 2018, at 16:48, Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com> wrote:
>
> 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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