What’s wrong with your Orion that is “unrepairable”?
If it’s the CPU, then I agree Nut not much else is “unrepairable.
I even have much left of my parts cadaver that did indeed have a bad CPU.
Gary
> On Jan 6, 2016, at 11:45 AM, art N4UC <n4uc@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I agree. There are those who seem to be trying to sabotage this attempt to
> bring back a company that these same people proclaim their undying allegiance
> to. There have been previous attempts to right the ship and I haven't seen
> any results from those efforts. So if we really want TT to succeed then quit
> whining and give the "new guy" a chance. I'm just glad there is a "new guy"
> willing to step up to give us hope instead of one of the previous guys just
> letting it sit there and die on the vine while using it as a tax writeoff (or
> whatever you do with a dying company) until it's no longer worth anything to
> anybody.
>
> The only TT radio I own is a dead Orion that was returned to me as
> "unrepairable". It was a great radio for many years and as much as I'd love
> to get it working again I'll admit that at the new service rates I don't see
> any chance that I will ever send it back in for a re-try. Just as TT can't
> afford to keep giving the free advice and help to the customer, I can't
> afford to pay them to go poking around for hours trying to find a problem.
> But that's just business, nothing personal. If that's the "fat" that keeps
> them from getting back to providing excellent service at a reasonable price
> (I didn't say cheap) then cutting it out is what they need to do.
>
> Give them a chance and hold your criticism until you see the results. I do
> hope an upgraded Orion is being considered.
>
>
> 73, Art N4UC
>
>> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 05:59:11 -0500
>> From: barry.n1eu@gmail.com
>> To: tentec@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Service
>>
>> I hate whiners, and with that I'm going to whine ;-)
>>
>> <begin whine>
>> I'm hoping we don't need to go on and on and on and on about how much the
>> new Ten-Tec is or isn't charging for service and all kinds of other stuff
>> we don't know yet about the service that will be provided. It will be what
>> it will be. You will be free to be a customer of Ten-Tec service, a
>> customer of some independent servicer, or to fix it yourself with or
>> without paid or unpaid help from Ten-Tec service. Enough already. We
>> don't need to hear every single person's individual take or experience on
>> this, that or the other thing or their good or bad experience with Ten-Tec
>> service in the past.
>> <end whine>
>>
>> This reflector will continue to be here with lots of great folks to lend a
>> hand or give advice when a specific need arises.
>>
>> 73, Barry N1EU
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