[TenTec] What's going to get fixed?

[Bob McGraw - K4TAX]

They will work on basically any Tentec product.  However, the cost of repair 
may likely exceed the value of the product.  Now, you'll answer the 
question, how much are you willing to invest in the repair and how long are 
you willing to wait should parts procurement be an issue?

In years past, I did perform service for 3 different electronic dealers on 
ICOM, Yaesu, and Kenwood products, to name a few.  Most of this was warranty 
service provided under contract to those dealers.  In order to fulfill their 
Dealer Agreement, they were required to provide a level of service, both 
warranty and non-warranty.

In many cases the labor for some of these brands/models was excessive, even 
at the level of board swapping.   In a large percentage of units, the cost 
of repair exceeded the value of the product thus it was less expensive to 
replace the product as opposed to repair.  The idea of trouble shooting to 
component level is far beyond the realm of economics.  It is very easy to 
invest some $50K to $75K in test equipment and fixtures to service some of 
these products.  Then there has to exist the skilled and knowledge labor 
availability.


As I understand at present, and you'll need to check with Paul at Tentec 
Service, but they service the Orion's, the Omni VII, the Eagle, the Argonaut 
VI and a few of the specialized receivers is about the limit.  There is some 
repair to Centurion and Titan amps as well.   I do recall that the earlier 
radios, i.e. Paragon's and Omni VI Plus and earlier have some shortage 
regarding board availability and certain unique parts.

73
Bob, K4TAX




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Manship" <mjmanship at iquest.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 8:35 PM
Subject: [TenTec] What's going to get fixed?


>I found this interesting. Which radios will they work on? It would make a 
>difference
> in which radios people would be willing to purchase. I assume my old 
> Corsair wouldn't be on the list.
>
> 73 de Mike W9OJ
>
>
>
> On 1/20/2014 8:43 PM, John Farler wrote:
>>
>>
>> I need a new radio.  I don't have a Ten-Tec built in this century.
>> My Omni VI+ and Omni V are getting old, and are starting to
>> have a few problems.   TT won't fix them.
>>
>>
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