How about "Paperweights" or "Door stops"?
I have an Omni 6+, original owner and just hope not to have the dreaded
Logic board failure. But along with my B/C-line and TR-7 Drakes,
the Ten Tec's just keep plugging along. On the other hand, what happens
when the display dies in my Orion, just how long TT plans to
support that part remains to be seen.
Good luck
Robb NØRU
Woodland Park, CO
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From: "NL7VL" <neal.laugman@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 10:53 AM
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni 6 Logic Board Failure
> Don,
>
>> This thread makes me nervous as hell.
>
> Apparently you aren't the only one ...
>
> --
> Neal, NL7VL
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:15:45 -0800
> "Don Jones" <flash.bang@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>How about anchor lights? This thread makes me nervous as hell.
>>Glad I hung onto my Sherwood/Drake R-4c.
>>
>>Don Jones KO7i
>>Arlington, WA
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Barry N1EU [mailto:barry.n1eu@gmail.com]
>>Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 5:08 AM
>>To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
>>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni 6 Logic Board Failure
>>
>>Yes, but those "boat anchors" are repairable. I think we need a new
>>term for more recent radios that can't be repaired and don't weigh
>>80lbs.
>>
>>73, Barry N1EU
>>
>>On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Walt Amos <waltk8cv4612amos@att.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>> I feel your pain .............. BUT !!
>>>
>>> Computers and RADIOS get old and the chip industry has moved on!
>>> Same for old TV sets! That is why the term BOAT ANCHORS came into
>>> use :-) In the process I GOT OLD TOO and this new SMD stuff is now
>>> beyond my repair skill too!
>>>
>>> Walt K8CV Royal Oak, MI.
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Neal Laugman" <neal.laugman@gmail.com>
>>> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 4:41 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni 6 Logic Board Failure
>>>
>>>
>>> >> Did they narrow it down to an unobtainable chip, or just ...bad
>>> >> logic board? Some obsolete chips are hard to find, but
>>> >> still ...eventually...can be found
>>> >
>>> > Agree. I think I'd ask TT to get VERY specific about what part
>>> > failed - not just say it's a bad board thinking that sort of
>>> > reply gets them off the hook. This problem has wider ramifications
>>> > about company policy in general. (And I should say that I am not
>>> > sure about which part we are talking about, so my comments are of
>>> > a general nature.)
>>> >
>>> > For instance: It's one thing to say that a rig like a
>>> > Triton has limited possibilities for final replacement because of
>>> > obsolete transistors or that it's hard and expensive to find
>>> > MRF458's for the Corsairs and others and quite another thing to
>>> > trash an entire radio because of a single failed non-RF chip -
>>> > IMHO. One need only to look at a VI brochure to see how the rig
>>> > was marketed (i.e., with a computer ...)
>>> >
>>> > TT has always been up front with their engineering and schematics
>>> > and I wonder if something is changing. I MIGHT understand
>>> > proprietary issues with custom software are involved, but hey - if
>>> > I end up having that problem with my VI+ I will guarantee TT an
>>> > earful :)
>>> >
>>> > So if this is the case, why should I abandon my VI+ to purchase a
>>> > VII only to have the same thing done to me again at some future
>>> > time? Seems like a good way for a company to loose customers; a
>>> > company whose followers have almost a religious devotion to them.
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Neal, NL7VL
>>> >
>>> > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>>> > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:22:42 -0500
>>> > "Dave Edwards" <kd2e@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Did they narrow it down to an unobtainable chip, or just ...bad
>>> >> logic board? Some obsolete chips are hard to find, but
>>> >> still ...eventually...can be found!
>>> >> ....Dave
>>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>>> >> From: "Carter" <k8vt@ameritech.net>
>>> >> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
>>> >> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 7:30 PM
>>> >> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni 6 Logic Board Failure
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> > On 1/13/2011 5:39 PM, Don Steele wrote:
>>> >> >> Well, my Omni 6 is in for repair, and Ten Tec has diagnosed a
>>> >> >> logic board failure. Due to the unavailable chips, this means a
>>> >> >> dead radio. I know this isn't the first and wont be the last of
>>> >> >> these great rigs to suffer this fate. Has anyone out there
>>> >> >> come up with a fix?? Please reply off line of any solutions.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Let me respectfully ask why reply off line? I would think this
>>> >> > topic would be of general interest to many.
>>> >> >
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