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1. [TenTec] Paragon - easy to work on? (score: 1): Author: Ben Hall <kd5byb@kd5byb.net>; Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 14:22:09 -0500; Good afternoon all, When my father-in-law, KD4WJ passed away, I inherited some of his ham gear. Some of y'all may remember my question about the Scout and ALC light which turned out to be a mis-adjus; /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00284.html (7,648 bytes)
2. Re: [TenTec] Paragon - easy to work on? (score: 1): Author: "Phil Chambley Sr." <k4dpk@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 16:00:54 -0400; Hi Ben... After being out of service for a while, I'm not surprised the controls are in need of use and cleaning. You may also want to re-seat certain mass-term connectors if need be. The battery in; /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00287.html (9,761 bytes)
3. Re: [TenTec] Paragon - easy to work on? (score: 1): Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 23:51:06 +0300; The Pargaon came with two versions of the battery. The earlier one used a standard 9v battery. The later one added a charging circuit and replaced the battery with a 9v NiCad. I did a quick web searc; /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00291.html (8,873 bytes)
4. Re: [TenTec] Paragon - easy to work on? (score: 1): Author: "Phil Chambley Sr." <k4dpk@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 20:38:16 -0400; Geoff... You are correct about the on-board support battery, which on s/n prior to 585-395 required the addition of a charging circuit. I was referring to the Dallas MC146818AP Rom/Rom/Rtc chip on th; /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00313.html (10,455 bytes)
5. Re: [TenTec] Paragon - easy to work on? (score: 1): Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 07:38:37 +0300; Phil, Those I am very familar with. Most PCs of that era had them and so did SUN computers. By the time they ran down a PC with one was not worth the cost of a new one, and possibly not worth the cos; /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00322.html (9,802 bytes)
6. Re: [TenTec] Paragon - easy to work on? (score: 1): Author: Ben Hall <kd5byb@kd5byb.net>; Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 07:26:50 -0500; Good morning all, First of all, thanks for the many great responses! I opened the unit up last night and mine is one of the later units it seems. It already had the 9V holder and the modification for; /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00325.html (9,102 bytes)
7. Re: [TenTec] Paragon - easy to work on? (score: 1): Author: "Phil Chambley Sr." <k4dpk@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 08:24:31 -0400; Geoff.... Thanks for the great info! Yes, please do let us know more. Those chips have become scarcer than turtle fur. Phil C. Sr. k4dpk _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing; /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00326.html (11,366 bytes)
8. Re: [TenTec] Paragon - easy to work on? (score: 1): Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 16:27:08 +0300; http://www.squirrel.com/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html#attach It may not seem like much, but it was enough to get me going. 73, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendelson@; /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00329.html (8,895 bytes)
9. Re: [TenTec] Paragon - easy to work on? (score: 1): Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 23:13:24 -0400; Ben: The front panel is on hinges. Take off the top and bottom covers. There will be a screw on each side of the front panel. Remove these 2 screws and the panel will swing down, giving you access to; /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00414.html (10,113 bytes)
10. Re: [TenTec] Paragon - easy to work on? (score: 1): Author: Ben Hall <kd5byb@kd5byb.net>; Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 07:23:39 -0500; Hi Bob, THANKS MUCH for posting this! Last night I was able to get a little Deoxit into the RF gain pot but was really struggling with how I was going to access the other pots. This will make it much; /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00420.html (8,866 bytes)
11. Re: [TenTec] Paragon - easy to work on? (score: 1): Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@verizon.net>; Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 16:09:11 -0400; You're welcome. I have the dead receiver problem, too, but transmitting into a dummy load for a few seconds on the affected band always corrects it. The pots on my Paragon periodically become scratch; /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00443.html (9,979 bytes)
12. Re: [TenTec] Paragon - easy to work on? (score: 1): Author: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@weather.net>; Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 16:16:40 -0500; For regular sized pots, look for the RV4 types, for minatures look for RV6 types at Mouser and Digi-Key. Cramolin makes a special cleaner for pots saying DeoxIT may soften the carbon layer. I've not; /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00448.html (11,016 bytes)
13. Re: [TenTec] Paragon - easy to work on? (score: 1): Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@verizon.net>; Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 21:08:43 -0400; Thanks, Jerry. I've used DeOxit on my Paragon pots, but the improvement has been only temporary. I have another contact cleaner that I can try, but I'll also look at the Mouser pots that you mentione; /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00538.html (11,942 bytes)

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