Hi Ron,
I'm happy that other people are thinking about this! It's complicated.
>It sounds to me that the solution would be for a third party to
>design, build, and stock a replacement logic board.
Whew! That's quite a task, and as you alluded to, but I don't imagine
the company would be interested in helping - and they might have
intellectual property issues with some of this, too. It's one thing to
do a run of custom chips if there was a SPECIFIC part that was
failing, but to re-engineer a board ... The other idea would be to use
a "daughter-board" scenario where an add-on board with replacement
circuitry would plug into an IC socket.
But this is all academic unless we can zero in on a specific part of
the board, and apparently we are not going to get that from the
company. Someone has to troubleshoot to the component level, be willing
to pay for it, and then share the information. Or a user group takes a
collection and pays for a radio to be fixed. How much are you going to
donate to the cause? It could easily be in the $500 range. 10 people X
$50 = Hmmm.
--
Neal, NL7VL
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:41:57 -0600 (CST)
Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw@verizon.net> wrote:
>It sounds to me that the solution would be for a third party to
>design, build, and stock a replacement logic board.
>
>Easier said than done. I don't know how much information is still
>available on the technical aspects of the original design, what parts
>are no longer available (and would have to be replaced, which may
>entail some re-design), and if Ten-Tec would have any interest in
>helping someone with such a project.
>
>And of course, the question of how much this would all cost is an
>issue. Assuming that there is someone willing & able to do this,
>would they be able to do so and not lose money in the process? It's
>one thing if a replacement board would be, say, under $200. It's
>another if it's over $500.
>
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