With one of those Jag's, that the radio works at all is a miracle, not a
defect. :>)
It used to be that you had to buy Jag's in pairs, to have one to drive
while the other one was in the shop.
73 de W6OGC Jim Allen
On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Kris Merschrod <Kris@merschrod.net> wrote:
> Guys I can see this as a long long thread, but I promise not to go into my
> 1959 XK-150s and its AM radio. (No I did not return the Jag :>). When you
> are young and romantic the radio is, well, background noise anyway.
>
> Kris KM2KM
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
> To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 4:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Eagle problem?
>
>
> Jim, are you saying that you wanted to give your Volvo back because the AM
>> radio did not work right?
>>
>> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
>> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim
>> Allen
>> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 9:18 PM
>> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Eagle problem?
>>
>> Could the problem possibly be in the local set up somehow? It seems very
>> odd that a radio that won't work as expected in one's shack goes back and
>> works just fine on the bench at Tentec.
>>
>> It might be just the bad radio that occasionally makes it through QC.
>> Maybe he should turn this one in and buy another in a few weeks or
>> something.
>>
>> This story may have some relevance.........
>>
>> I had a lemon law problem with my last Volvo (I already gave away the
>> ending!). I bought it new and the AM radio was bad. In 16 repair
>> attempts,
>> they couldn't get it right. I have no idea why. Anyway, at that point
>> they
>> said there was nothing more they could do.
>>
>> Well, there was ONE more thing. I hired a lemon law attorney who made
>> them
>> buy the car back, 30 months old with ~30,000 miles on it and got all my
>> money back except a few hundred dollars and Volvo had to pay the attorney.
>>
>> It was my 8th Volvo over about a 25 year period. What Volvo might have
>> done
>> was take that car back, give me another one out of their gently used
>> inventory, maybe with fewer miles on it or something, and I would probably
>> be driving Volvos even now. Instead, they turned a loyal customer into a
>> former customer, at great expense, too.
>>
>> Just a thought.
>>
>> 73 de W6OGC Jim Allen
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 2:06 PM, GARY HUBER <glhuber@msn.com> wrote:
>>
>> A local amateur recently chose to take a new Eagle on the 30 day
>>> evaluation plan. He likes the receiver but has had problems with the
>>> transmitter (after a few minutes on transmit the cooling fans spool up
>>> and the radio shuts down). He communicated with Ten-Tec Service,
>>> followed instructions for power, grounding, etc. but was unable to
>>> resolve the TX shutdown problem. The Eagle was sent back to Ten-Tec
>>> for service, but upon return it appears to have the same problems as
>>> before. I saw the Eagle and a disappointed customer this morning. He
>>> is at or near the 30 day mark of the evaluation and is troubling over
>>> a decision of returning the Eagle Friday morning to get his money back
>>> or buying a radio with an apparent problem.
>>>
>>> I have no skin in this game. I am a Ten-Tec Ambassador but to the best
>>> of my knowledge, I have not been identified as such for this Eagle and
>>> will not benefit one way or another. I am however a long time owner,
>>> user, and proponent of Ten-Tec products and see the possibility of
>>> disappointed and dissatisfied customer as the result of
>>> misunderstanding or miscommunication. Any positive suggestions to
>>> solve this problem for a friend is greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> 73 & DX,
>>> Gary - AB9M
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