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
>
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> 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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