[TenTec] Paragon memories

[Phil Chambley, Sr.]

A fully charged battery, or even a brand new one, will only last four or
five days.  The problem is that the mother board just draws too much
current.

You could put a 12 volt wall wart with a diode in series, in parallel with
the 13.8 DC to the rig and leave it on all the time.  I did this on mine for
a while and it worked OK.  I mostly use the Paragon II lately.

I think the Giehl chip is still available for the original Paragon.  Jack's
call is WB8BFS.

73
Phil Chambley, Sr.
K4DPK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve N4LQ" <n4lq at iglou.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Paragon memories


> That among other bugaboos is why they came out with the Paragon II. There
> was a chip called the Giehl Chip which addressed this problem but probably
> no longer available. I would check the charging voltage just to be sure
it's
> correct though. I think a standard 9v battery will last several months
too.
>
> Steve N4LQ
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Weisz" <k2np at lycos.com>
> To: <TenTec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 12:58 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Paragon memories
>
>
> Greetings all..
>   Im sure this is a topic that has been covered before on the list, but
> being a newcomer to the group, I would like to ask.. I have recently
bought
> a nice "late model" Paragon 1, (ver. 4.0),with the 3 optional filters, and
> think it is just about the greatest CW rig ever made... a real joy to
> operate..
>    The only real problem I have had is that the memories were lost after
> only about 4 days of not using the rig.. I replaced the 9v. NiMh. batt,
and
> ran the radio for several days to be sure the batt. would charge up.. If I
> were not to use the rig for 2 days or so, the memories would still be
> retained.. but after about 4 days of inactivity they were lost.. Is this a
> normal circumstance with the Paragon?
>    I have no optional boards in the radio except for the filters..
tnx..
> 73.. Jim K2NP
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