[TenTec] Paragon

[Jim Bull]

Paul,
Before you connect a Wall Wart to the Paragon,
May I suggest that you:
1. Remove the top cover of the radio.
2. Remove your existing 8 Volt battery (with the radio on).
3. Take a voltage reading at the female 9 volt connector running to the 
Logic board.

IF your Paragon has the recharging circuit installed, as I suspect it 
does, since your using a Nimh battery, you should see over 13 volts at 
that connector.  Probably not a good idea to have a 9 volt Wall Wart 
feeding into a connection that putting out 13+ volts.

There were some problems associated with the Logic board that caused 
recharging problems in you rechargeable battery.  There was also a 
problem associated with the #257 Voice Board (optional) that drained the 
battery.

Just some things for you to look at and think about.

73's

Jim/Ke3nK
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ultrafixedwing at juno.com wrote:

> I put a Nimh 9 volt in my Paragon 585 after charging it well before
> hand. After about a week of on-off operating, I'm down to 1 days life
> on my memory. I have a wall wart with a 9 volt connector on it and I
> guess I'll plug that in in place of the battery and leave it plugged
> in 24-7 rather than having my TT supply on 24-7. Did TT build such a
> large flaw into the rig? Is this the only solution? I don't have the
> voice board which I understand eats batteries. Paul KS2S
>