[TenTec] How rare are Paragon II transceivers?

Carl Moreschi n4py3 at earthlink.net
Sat Jun 1 16:48:38 EDT 2013


It was fixed on the later Paragons and Paragon II when they upgraded the 
PLL board.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
121 Little Bell Dr.
Hays, NC 28635
www.n4py.com

On 6/1/2013 3:58 PM, Frank A. Ellis wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I am curious, did the PLL Lock problem from the original Paragon persist into the Paragon II, or had it been corrected by then?
>
> Thanks,
>
> 73 Frank W3UHF
>
>
>
> On Jun 1, 2013, at 3:32 PM, Carl Moreschi wrote:
>
>> I wrote the Paragon II firmware for Tentec.  I don't know how many were sold but I am guessing only a few hundred.  It's a great general coverage radio and works quite well on the ham bands for DX.
>>
>> Carl Moreschi N4PY
>> 121 Little Bell Dr.
>> Hays, NC 28635
>> www.n4py.com
>>
>> On 6/1/2013 3:24 PM, Peter Bertini wrote:
>>> After owning an Omni VI for a few months I had a hankering to try the
>>> Paragon II transceiver. I was lucky enough to find one in working condition
>>> a few months later. I've been able to add a full filter compliment since
>>> obtaining the radio. Why?  I was interested in the ability to open up the
>>> TX range to cover between 160 and 10 meters with no gaps.
>>>
>>> I'm kind of curious to know how rare the Paragon II transceivers might
>>> be... I haven't seen a lot of information about them, and I assume that
>>> very few were manufactured before the Paragon line was discontinued.
>>>
>>> Pete
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> 73, Frank A. Ellis, W3UHF
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