[TenTec] Paragon memories

[Bwana Bob]

I have a Paragon, too. Its a great rig. The manual says to turn the 
power supply on 3-4 hours per week to keep the battery charged. I leave 
the power supply on all the time.

			73,

			Bob WB2VUF

Vic Klein wrote:

> Hey, Jim! Congrats on the new Paragon. I also have a 585 model and
> absolutely LOVE it. Look around for the Giehl chip as it adds some nifty
> functionality to the original Paragon, making operating it almost identical
> to a Paragon II. Mine gets left off for a week when I travel, and has held
> memories fine. I did have a quick drain situation when I added a voice
> board, but it turs out there was a mod to fix that board which I did and I'm
> not currently having any rundown battery problems.
> 
> The original versions used a standard alkaline 9v battery which lasted a
> while, but an improvement was then made to use a rechargeable battery. Make
> sure you have that mod, if from the factory there will be a sticker inside
> warning you not to use only a rechargeable battery. You can also just leave
> the power supply running, of course.
> 
> =Vic=
> WA4THR
> 
> 
>>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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