[TenTec] Orion designer

[Byron Cordes]

Yes some parts are hard to get if at all.A lot of problems are caused by bad caps, not  hard or costly but very time consuming. Bad connections  solder joints again don’t cost but time. Shipping can be worth a hour or two of time. Then there is problem from hell that takes a lot of time, maybe  work on it for two -four hours and just have to put it on shelf for a rainy day                                  
Not very many people are willing to put a couple hundred dollars of labor in a twenty year old radio.
  The hobby repair shop is what a lot of people are looking for, repair is done at a low labor rate with a lot of time on there hands. They don’t have to advertise, they have more work than they can possibly do in there life time. 
  I have two Corsair’s and two Omni VI ‘s seems like one of them is down al the time . I do my own repair work and some other’s too. Time is the problem ! Finding time is the problem. We al are running  out of Time! 
73
Byron Cordes AC9PA 
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> On Oct 28, 2017, at 5:49 PM, Dale Putnam <daleputnam at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> One of the reasons it is tuff to get folks to fix TT gear.. is the information about that particular model may be in question, the parts maybe in a difficult situation to find, and the time it takes to accomplish an acceptable repair.
> 
> Most of the TT repairs are a bit more time consuming than many want to do. Time is money, therefore the cost gets outta reason.
> 
> 
> Have a great day,
> --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy
> 
> "Actions speak louder than words"
> 1856 - Abraham Lincoln
> 
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> From: TenTec <tentec-bounces at contesting.com> on behalf of Rick Cochran via TenTec <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2017 2:33 PM
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> Cc: Rick Cochran
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion designer
> 
> Thanks for the response.  It just seems odd that no former employees advertise privately to repair Ten Tec gear.
> 
> It's getting more difficult to sell a Ten Tec rig due to uncertainty.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> WO8L
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 28, 2017, at 4:17 PM, rick at dj0ip.de <Rick at DJ0IP.de> wrote:
>> 
>> Rick,
>> 
>> I'm at least 6,000 miles away, across a big pond, and I visited Ten-Tec only
>> once in my life.
>> I don't think that makes me an expert on Ten-Tec.
>> 
>> I have known Jack Burchfield for over 40 years and still correspond with
>> him.
>> 
>> I can indeed tell you where 3 of the people went.  They work with me.
>> Scott, Stan and Shannon all work at Vibroplex/Spiderbeam.
>> 
>> Over the years I knew several others but most have long since retired.
>> 
>> Surely there are dozens of others in our group who can better answer your
>> question than I can.
>> 
>> 73
>> Rick, DJ0IP
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rick
>> Cochran via TenTec
>> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2017 9:27 PM
>> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
>> Cc: Rick Cochran
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion designer
>> 
>> You seem to know about Ten Tec so here's my question.  What happened to all
>> the people who worked for Ten Tec over the years?
>> 
>> There must be people who can repair these rigs.  Or were they required to
>> sign some kind of non-compete agreement?
>> 
>> 73s,
>> 
>> Rick
>> WO8L
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Oct 28, 2017, at 2:11 PM, rick at dj0ip.de <Rick at DJ0IP.de> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Jack Burchfield assisted with his team of engineers did the overall
>> design.
>>> Jack knows about as much about DSP software design as I do about Brain
>>> Surgery.
>>> What I liked about his concept was the idea of having two different
>>> receiver technologies.
>>> Gives us the best of both worlds.
>>> 
>>> Some argue they want both receivers to be equally good.
>>> Equally good also means equally bad because there are arguments for
>>> both technologies.
>>> 
>>> 73
>>> Rick, DJ0IP
>>> 
>>> 
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