IF TEN TEC CHARGED $10/ HR TO FIX UR RADIO ...
SOME OF US WOULD STILL COMPLAIN ITS TOO HIGH !!!
On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 9:00 AM, <tentec-request@contesting.com> wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 20:01:03 -0400
> From: Byron Peebles <NZ3O@arrl.net>
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> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten Tec Repair Rates
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> I couldn't agree more, Steve.
> And, to prove it, my Orion II is at Ten-Tec right now.
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> There are some things where bargains aren't bargains.
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> 73, Byron
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> On 07/15/2015 12:00 PM, tentec-request@contesting.com wrote:
> > Back in 1979 Motorola was billing $65.00 an hour for my efforts. So,
> > >what Ten Tec is charging is not really out of line. A while back I had
> > >troubles with my Kenwood TS790A VHF/UHF multimode. It had low power
> > >output on SSB. Realizing that it was too old for Kenwood to service it,
> > >I took it to a prominent Midwest vendor for service. I explained the
> > >symptoms with great care. I got a call that they could find nothing
> > >wrong with it, so I drove up to their place, and watched the tech keying
> > >it on FM, saying that he could find nothing wrong with it. This was
> > >after Miles had retired... So, I paid them their fee, and had it fixed
> > >by a local tech who knows what he is doing. It was a bad diode on the
> > >ALC board. If you want competent service, you have to be willing to pay
> > >for it. All rigs have problems eventually. At least Ten Tec tries to
> > >service anything they ever made, assuming that parts are available. As
> > >opposed to their Oriental competition. It is hard to get parts even for
> > >very popular foreign radios now. I have worked as a service tech, and
> > >it is not an easy job.
> > >
> > >73,
> > >
> > >Steve WA9JML
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