[TenTec] New "Old Guy"

[Woody]

*Hello new here but Old to Ten Tec's*
*I have owned Ten Tec's since 1991 when I bought my first Paragon, bought
it when you still bought from a Ham Radio store, loved it had waaay too
much trouble with it should have bought stock in the Brown Truck, Jack
Burchfield got to know my voice on the phone, we talked so much, he worked
with me on the phone, I had the phone in one hand and meter in the other,
cover off the Paragon, he said I'll have it picked up, I said no I'll bring
it to you, carried it back myself, Jack came out to the car and carried it
in himself and told his guys to fix it this time. He also carried my wife
and myself on the "Tour" man was I let down, I think 3 people in the whole
shop and 2 of the Tech's were shooting the Bull, but very nice Machine
Shop. I was a Tool Maker so I enjoyed it but let down about the Huge Ham
Radio facility, of course you couldn't make a living off of just building
Ham gear especially with the Rice Boxes around. Jack got it fixed "again",
 he was and I hope still is "One Hell of a Nice Guy, but guess what had
trouble again, THEN mother nature stepped in, LIGHTENING STRIKE, to the
tune of $6000, I had full replacement insurance. I had a lot of Ten Tec by
then, Titan 425, 238 Tuner, matching power supply. Paragon couldn't be
fixed (thank God) got a new Onmi 6 plus, had other stuff repaired, Drake
was till in business, they repaired my Drake Rigs. The Onmi 6 plus worked
flawlessly from 97 until last year, never even a hic up. But THEN good ole
Murphry stepped in, I called Ten Tec was told Too OLD, buy you a knew one,
I said look I'm Old, got an Old Wife been married since 32 days before I
left for Nam in 69, I love Old stuff, I collect Drakes but still like my
Ten Tec station, I'm a Patriotic SOB, if its AMERICAN I'm going to have it.
Then my very Good Friend K4DPK stepped in fixed the Onmi, and it and the
rest of the Ten Tec stuff will be here till I go to that big Ham fest in
the sky.*
*All I'm saying is I love American rigs, that's why I collect Drake's I
started out with them and will end up with them and Ten Tec's as long as
the Ten Tec's keep working. There are several guys around to work on Drake
rigs but try to find one to work on Ten Tec, do a Google search, won't
happen and Ten Tec is no help to you, except buy a new one , we don't stock
parts for them any more, when I talked to them they sounded as though they
could care less, and they did a friend of mine, k0cak the same way, he also
has an Onmi 6 plus. Try to find a Logic board for an Onmi 6 plus, that
won't happen, If it weren't for my good friend Phil (who knows more about
Ten Tec,s than the new guys up there will ever know) I'd be out of luck!!!!
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*I'm a Southern boy, born and Raised in Alabama, love Ten Tec's
hospitality, But they just don't support their equipment like they should,
but then again I guess neither do the Rice Box rigs, don't know I've never
owned one.*
*Sorry for the Rambling*
*Woody KO4BG
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*"Woody"*