Yep, that is what I was doing when performing contract service for
Kenwood, Icom and Yaesu and a few other public service products.
Fortunately most was warranty service and the customer was not required
to pay.
For those ham radios costing less than $500, toss 'em in the electronics
recycling trash. You will find it cheaper to buy the new model.
73
Bob, K4TAX
On 8/8/2018 4:45 PM, Greg S via TenTec wrote:
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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