[TenTec] (no subject)

[Tommy]

Ouchhhhh!!! That is actually pretty sad to me. However my Titan 3 is 
still under warranty as I've had it less than a year. But I bet you 
hit exactly on the problem with my amp. Every time I get it back, it 
seems to work just fine for three or four day, but when I have had 
it turned on for long period of times, that seems to be when the 
problems occur. Long period times probably means something is 
getting heat soaked and then fails. BTW, the Titan 3 tubes are 
around $100 each; it's my original Titan 425 that has those $500 + 
buck tubes in it!

I think I must have been extremely lucky back in '92 when I bought a 
fabulous Omni 6 and the Titan 425. Those two pieces of gear are just 
plain good ole workhorses. I certainly can't say that about my Orion 
and Titan 3. Live and learn, as the saying goes.

Tom - W4BQF

"So you have enemies?
Good.
That means you have stood up for something,
sometime in your life."
--Sir Winston Churchill--

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Budd" <w5ben at arrl.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 2:35 PM
Subject: [TenTec] (no subject)


> Tom said:
>
> "Thanks John...I hope TEN TEC can find the problem! So far 
> replaced
> all six burned out cathode resistors, then a burned out transistor
> and a screen resistor, etc. They keep saying a 'momentary short in
> one of the tubes' but refuse to replace them so far.  They will
> eventually get it right. This is my second Titan 3 in a year! The
> first one was DOA, but TT graciously took care of that (with a
> little persuading!).
>
> When it's working, man, it's a tank and really works excellent!
>
> Tom - W4BQF"
>
> Boy, do I ever hate to tell you this: momentary arcing in one of 
> the tubes
> was what they told me about the Titan. What it really was was a 
> cold solder
> joint in the p.s. board, the arcing of which resulted in the 
> destruction of
> one or both of those $500 tubes.
>
> Duane Budd
> w5ben at arrl.net
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