Having repaired many of the Paragon and Paragon II models, the likely cause
of the erratic clock display is the connectors on the display board.
Carefully unplug the cables, separate the two board, driver from the
display, and clean the male pins with a solution of contact cleaner
applied to a Q-Tip swab. Don't just spray the crap all over the place! I
hate cleaning that gooey stuff off of the PB boards and other components.
Gently clean and re-assemble. Problems solved for another 10 to 15 years.
73
Bob, K4TAX
----- Original Message -----
From: "CSM(r) Gary Huber" <glhuber@msn.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Paragon II
Clock "problem" may be the daylight saving time spring advance and and
fall back times that are "hard coded" to execute based upon advancing the
time one hour at 0100 the last Sunday in April and to fall back one hour
at 0200 the last Sunday in October. This was verified (by me) during
research for the Millennium rollover. The clock chip is a Motorola IC with
no options to deactivate the advance and set back.
I'm a previous owner of a Paragon II. Great radio.... just run a separate
clock for logging!
Best regards,
CSM(r) Gary Huber - AB9M
9679 Heron Bay Rd
Bloomington, IL 61705
(309-662-0604)
www.csm-gh.com
glhuber@msn.com
gary.huber@us.army.mil
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From: "peter" <w8us@comcast.net>
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 6:06 PM
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: [TenTec] Paragon II
Tentec Paragon II station for sale. Model 586. This is a highly
desirable Paragon II model and is considered an equivalent to higher
priced transceivers today. It has all the available filters installed
and is supplied with the matching Tentec 961 power supply/speaker and
Tentec desk mike. Also, the original boxes and manual are available.
The station was operated in a non-smoking environment. The receiver is
general coverage, 300 Khz to 30 Mhz. Modification to allow the
transmitter to operate between 1.8 and 30 Mhz has been made, thus it
covers the new 60 meter band.
Equipment is in excellent cosmetic and mechanical condition and has no
scratches. The station clock is erratic at times, but this does not
affect the operation of the transceiver.
Will consider selling Paragon II by itself.
If you are a C.W. operator, this is your dream set-up. Price $900.00
shipped and insured to lower 48 only. Contact Peter, W8US, at
W8us@comcast.net.
Peter
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