[TenTec] Paragon I PLL

[Jim Allen]

It's not all of them.  I had a 706MKIIG for ten years or so, just sold it earlier this year, which never had any issues.  I took the top off to put a CW filter in. That's all.  The AH-4 that went with it never had any trouble except operator error and it survived those, too.

I still have a Kenwood 7600 radio I bought  about the time of the 1978 ARRL National Convention in San Diego.  It never needed any repair work either.  I put some mods in to make it more useable for t-hunting and it even survived those without a whimper.

I don't recall any maintenance on my C-Line and L-B, or the FT-101 I had, or the Heath transceiver before that.  My DX-40 had to be rebuilt because my brother set it on fire tuning up on the wrong antenna.  Other than that it worked pretty well.

Maintenance seems to be a development of the 21st Century.

73 W6OGC Jim Allen 
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> On Aug 26, 2016, at 15:06, Al Gulseth <wb5jnc at centurytel.net> wrote:
> 
> Cold solder joints? Not just Paragons, but Corsairs, Delta IIs... almost any 
> of the older TT rigs, probably other brands as well, along with various 
> automobiles (ask me how I know!) and most any other electronic device which 
> isn't fresh out of the box.
> 
> 73, Al
> 
>> On Fri August 26 2016 2:43:24 pm Carl Moreschi wrote:
>> This is a common problem with Paragons.  The fix is to remove the PLL
>> board and reflow all the solder joints on that board.  The problem is
>> cold solder joints that don't show up until much later in the radio's life.
>> 
>> Carl Moreschi N4PY
>> 58 Hogwood Rd
>> Louisburg, NC 27549
>> www.n4py.com
>> 
>>> On 8/26/2016 3:01 PM, k7mks at comcast.net wrote:
>>> In past 2 days my Paragon, after having been turned OFF for several hours
>>> up to overnight, has experienced 2 failures of PLL locking. In each
>>> instance, after turning on the Paragon, i pressed the RESET button and
>>> normal operation for hours, in all respects (mode and band changes) plus
>>> power output, was returned
>>> 
>>> This is a cosmetically excellent radioi with all fllters and a Giehl chip
>>> The "P" word has not entered the picture yet but my comfort zone with
>>> PLL's is zero. Would appreciate helpful comments to help keep this radio
>>> in one piece!
>>> 
>>> Thank you Joe k7mks
>>> 
>>> 
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