[TenTec] TenTec/Vibroplex

[Bill Miner]

Tim,

After my last email I finally opened the box on my Vibroplex paddles. 
It was basically in the same condition as yours.  In addition, one of
the silver contacts is not square with the post.

Do you know what the difference is between the regular and deluxe
trunion pins? I may order some new parts and try to make things line up
better. 

It seems that with some careful alignment this could a nice unit with
good
"feel".

What are you going to do about your problems?

Thanks and 73,
Bill - K6WLM

Tim MacDonald wrote:
> 
> After a long wait I  recieved my new paddles.
> 
> I will qualify myself, I am a reluctant, struggling, in-experienced operator
> on his way to a general license.  I don't know much about CW hardware.  I
> guess I was surprized at what arrived yesterday. My expectation was that I
> was going to recieve something special, a high quality precision built peice
> of equipment (I do realize that Vibroplex makes a deluxe model and that the
> TenTecspecialedition is based on the lessor standard edition).
> 
> What I recieved was something less than that.  Although apparently well
> packaged, the "dit" contact assembly was 90 degrees out of alinement.  One
> trunion pin is noticably longer than the other.  The rear ends of the two
> lever bars are out of alinement (the angle of the trunion pin holes are
> off). After a call to ten tec this morning I dis-assembled the unit to check
> to see if it was simply out of adjustment.  The trunion pins still are
> different lengths, additionally the tapers on the pins don't all come to
> points.
> 
> I guess I am asking where to turn?  I don't think this is an adjustment that
> I am missing.  Is this typical Vibroplex quality?  I have seen refernce to
> vibroplex upgrading of hardware with "deluxe" parts.  Is this the answer?
> 
> I thought that the iambic paddle would be another peice of TenTec equipment
> that I could treasure. I welcome any suggestions or comments.  I would like
> to turn this into a workable and the special peice of radio gear that I
> expected, not a boat anchor!
> 
> (This communication was perpared entirely without the benifit of "spell
> check" (...it probably needed it) 73 Tim, KB1GFV)
> 
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