[TenTec] Paragon on MARS?

[Talbot, George A.]

Eric,

Greetings again from the Marshall Islands!

I have used the Paragon on Mars frequencies.

The modification is very simple. Remove the to lid from the Paragon and on
the Logic Board look for a white jumper on the left mid side of the board.
The jumper is labelled "Ham Band Only". Just snip this jumper and it will
open the rig up to transmit from 1.725 to 30 MHz. You may have to do a rig
reset, but I do not remember, it has been a long time.

Regards,

George V73GT

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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 00:47:38 -0500
From: "R. Eric Sluder" <resluder@coserv.net>
To: tentec <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: [TenTec] Paragon on MARS?

I'm considering joining MARS and was wondering if any of you have had or
actually modified the Paragon for MARS operation?  The manual says "contact
the factory" so it is most likely possible, but I'm interested in anyone who
has actually done or got a rig running today that's been through the
modification.

I don't want to mess up the only good HF radio I've got :^)

73 de Eric, W5WLW