[TenTec] Mike Element

MARY DOUGLAS mmdtodwd at gmail.com
Mon May 9 14:09:17 EDT 2016


Geez, this response kind of makes me sorry I don't own Elecraft, but then
again, it' s not too late.

On Monday, May 9, 2016, Jim Vohland <n9vo at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I'll take your bet and raise ya ten. A quick check shows several Radio
> Shack stores in the corpus area that carry deoxit. A few relatively close
> to Port Aransas. I only set the search area criteria to 50 miles. You
> should be able to find pretty easy. Koss is pretty good too.
>
>
> > Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 12:18:48 -0500
> > From: mmdtodwd at gmail.com <javascript:;>
> > To: clayton_n4ev at yahoo.com <javascript:;>; tentec at contesting.com
> <javascript:;>
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Mike Element
> >
> > That's all well and good, but I bet you won't find any Deoxit within 100
> > miles of the beach in Port Aransas, Texas, where we are camped. You do
> what
> > you need to do stay on the air. You can say never as many times as you
> like
> > without SHOUTING. A point I would like to make, both Ten Tec and Bob Heil
> > need to look at Koss headphones. I have owned Koss cans since 1962 and
> have
> > NEVER had a cable failure. They also guarantee them for life.
> >
> > On Monday, May 9, 2016, Clayton Brantley via TenTec <
> tentec at contesting.com <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > The best contact cleaner is brown paper from an old paper bag.  NEVER
> > > NEVER NEVER use sand paper on
> > > any electrical contacts.  You might add a little Deoxit to the paper
> and
> > > apply slight pressure to the contact
> > > as you wipe the paper back and forth.  Most of the contacts are sliver
> > > plated and once it is gone, you might
> > > as well throw it out.  Did I say NEVER use sand paper?  Well DON"T!!!!!
> > >
> > > Clayton N4EV
> > > --------------------------------------------
> > > On Mon, 5/9/16, MARY DOUGLAS <mmdtodwd at gmail.com <javascript:;>
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >
> > >  Subject: Re: [TenTec] Mike Element
> > >  To: "Wolf Wita" <g4ssx at yahoo.co.uk <javascript:;> <javascript:;>>,
> "Discussion of
> > > Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com <javascript:;>
> <javascript:;>>
> > >  Date: Monday, May 9, 2016, 11:19 AM
> > >
> > >  My microphone has quit working
> > >  several times. The contact pins will corrode
> > >  and no matter how tight those little screws are they will
> > >  not make contact.
> > >  Unscrew the 2 phillips screw sand take out the microphone
> > >  assembly. Clean
> > >  the two pins from the mic boom with 320 grit sandpaper.
> > >  Clean the ends of
> > >  the 2 screws while you are at it.  That should do it.
> > >
> > >  We Winter near South Padre Island in Texas and the
> > >  atmosphere there is very
> > >  salty.
> > >
> > >  Good luck & 73
> > >
> > >  KC0QQ
> > >
> > >  On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 2:25 PM, MARY DOUGLAS <mmdtodwd at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>
> > > <javascript:;>>
> > >  wrote:
> > >
> > >  > What is not working? I have had to fix mine 3 times
> > >  with no help from the
> > >  > factory.
> > >  >
> > >  > On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 3:24 AM, Wolf Wita via TenTec
> > >  <
> > >  > tentec at contesting.com <javascript:;> <javascript:;>>
> > >  wrote:
> > >  >
> > >  >> HiI have got a Ten-Tec 777 Dx Pro Headset,but the
> > >  Mikrofone is not
> > >  >> working .Can anyone tell me where to buy one?I
> > >  think its made by Heil.Many
> > >  >> ThanksWolf G4ssx
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