[TenTec] Paragon - easy to work on?

[Bwana Bob]

You're welcome.  I have the dead receiver problem, too, but transmitting 
  into a dummy load for a few seconds on the affected band always 
corrects  it.

The pots on my Paragon periodically become scratchy and need to be 
cleaned. I think that Ten Tec just used cheap pots in the Paragon. 
Really good potentiometers like the old Allen Bradley, Clarostat, and 
Centralab are hard to find, especially in a miniature size.

					73,

					Bob WB2VUF

Ben Hall wrote:
> On 5/26/2010 10:13 PM, Bwana Bob wrote:
>> The front panel is on hinges. Take off the top and bottom covers.  There
>> will be a screw on each side of the front panel. Remove these 2 screws
>> and the panel will swing down, giving you access to the pots. Be careful
>> not to put any strain on the potentiometer leads, or the phenolic on the
>> back of the pot will break.
> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> THANKS MUCH for posting this!  Last night I was able to get a little 
> Deoxit into the RF gain pot but was really struggling with how I was 
> going to access the other pots.  This will make it much easier and I 
> really appreciate it!
> 
> thanks much and 73,
> ben, kd5byb