Couple ranger bands (donuts cut from bicycle inner tubes). Dress it up with a
broccoli band over the top. I like the pink ones for a splash of color.
Greg, KC8HXO
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> On Aug 8, 2018, at 20:43, Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Well said, gentlemen,
>
> I work in the defense electronics industry and we run into parts obsolescence
> issues all the time. Usually its a chip that goes obsolete. Sometimes there
> is a substitute part available. Sometime a redesign is possible. Some
> manufacturers give notice when a part is going obsolete and they offer a
> last-time buy opportunity. With pressures on price and profitability that
> all companies face, spare parts inventories are usually pretty thin.
>
> If you can find a parts rig, great. Another way to stay on the air is to have
> an older rig as a backup. My Heath HW-100 and Ten Tec Corsair use mostly
> common parts that are reasonably easy to find. Having said that, good luck if
> the frequency counter chip in your Corsair fails.
>
> And, yes, a $10,000 radio may not be such a good investment if the processor
> or DSP chip dies obsolete in 5 years.
>
> In the meantime, I'm trying to think of a substitute for the VFO knob rubber
> tire on my Paragon that I can find in a hardware or auto parts store!
>
> 73,
>
> Bob WB2VUF
>
>> On 8/8/2018 12:43 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
>> As an additional point to support, based on the legal department for my
>> previous employer, there is no statute or law in the US which requires a
>> company to supply support or parts past the original warranty period.
>>
>> Bob, K4TAX
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Aug 8, 2018, at 10:58 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX <rmcgraw@blomand.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> In many cases, the original supplier of the parts has discontinued specific
>>> items. The new ownership has little to nothing to do with this fact. Some
>>> parts were custom made for Tentec while some were made in their own tool
>>> and die shop or injection molding facility. Those of course no longer
>>> exist. Unless someone builds after market items, many parts for older
>>> radios {those 10 + years} simply won't be available.
>>>
>>> This also is the same for many other brands as well. I've encountered this
>>> fact with my attempted repair of Kenwood, ICOM and Yaesu products and is
>>> one of the reasons I've stopped repairing radios. No parts available in
>>> many cases. In other instances, the supplier has a minimum of 100 piece
>>> order. If I have to order 100 pieces just to get one or two, this makes
>>> the repair very expensive. Certainly is not profitable for me.
>>>
>>> Folks, we must realize that anything older than the Omni VII {now 10+ years
>>> old}, Eagle {now 8+ years old} and Argonaut VI {now 6+ years old} are, in
>>> many instances, in trouble with regard to parts. With my former company,
>>> having been in charge of repair parts for products that are no longer in
>>> production, we did forecast and purchase inventory to support products for
>>> 7 years. In most cases the supplier or vendor informed us that this was the
>>> last production run on these items. This is inventory that takes space on
>>> the shelves, and must be paid for in advance. Hence we have to spend
>>> dollars for parts that may set on the shelf for 7+ years. The accountants
>>> do not like this and the facility manager may say "why do we need to use
>>> this space for obsolete parts"? And in many instances our "forecast" was
>>> not sufficiently accurate and we simply ran out of parts before expected.
>>> In some cases we were forced to limit purchase quantities to prevent
>>> hoarding.
>>>
>>> With Tentec and other brands, just be thankful you can get any service work
>>> done and parts being available. Yea yea yea I know you're saying your 30
>>> year old radio still works and I can get it repaired. In general that is
>>> correct.........until one of those unique parts fail. The Orion series
>>> has several unique parts and many to most of the PC board assemblies are no
>>> long available. If either fails, look for a "parts only radio" and hope
>>> the part is good that you need.
>>>
>>> This is no different than looking for a brake controller for anti-lock
>>> brakes from a junker at the auto junk yard. Oh, the Dealer has them for
>>> $650. That's 1/2 the value of the vehicle. Radios are much the same
>>> way.
>>>
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>> Bob, K4TAX
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 8/8/2018 10:18 AM, David J. Ross wrote:
>>>> Sorry to hear that. I bought the parts for my Paragon just last Nov. I
>>>> had heard that service parts were drying up under the new ownership.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: TenTec <tentec-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of km4bsham via
>>>> TenTec
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 8, 2018 11:10 AM
>>>> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
>>>> Cc: km4bsham <km4bsham@aol.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion VFO Knobs
>>>>
>>>> Naturally "out of stock, try back at a later date ". Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
>>>> -------- Original message --------From: "David J. Ross"
>>>> <rossdj@verizon.net> Date: 8/7/18 6:32 PM (GMT-05:00) To: 'Discussion of
>>>> Ten-Tec Equipment' <tentec@contesting.com> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion VFO
>>>> Knobs I purchased one directly from TenTec but there was a $25 minimum
>>>> order. I needed the plastic panel end ears so the ring was a price padder.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: TenTec <tentec-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Dave Beghtel via
>>>> TenTec
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2018 6:04 PM
>>>> To: TenTec@contesting.com
>>>> Cc: km4bsham@aol.com
>>>> Subject: [TenTec] Orion VFO Knobs
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is there any source for the newer vfo knobs with the solid rubber ring?
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