in the past hams fixed it themselves or with the help of an elmer here is the service manual
https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1128146/Kenwood-Ts-570d.html On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 1:34 PM Joseph Benoit via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Having been in a, similar, service-based business myself, the simple fact > is that you need to have a consistent flow of sales to support salary and > overhead. That said, fewer hams are all shopping for the best price for > equipment and supplies, therefore buying from the big boys online. On top > of that, manufacturer's like to pay flat-rate for repairs, which is > normally OK and its a hard-sell to convince them to pay for those > difficult troubleshooting jobs, such as intermittent issues. So for a > brick and mortar store with fixed costs (rent and utilities, insurance), > inventory, tools, test equipment, salaries, manufacturers'-required > training, etc., its just not a viable startup for anyone today. Some of us > remember Heathkit stores, had a virtual monopoly on their gear and no > shortage of customer-built-incorrectly repairs and still closed its doors > years ago. I elected factory-authorized field-service repair for large UPS > systems. > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 1:05 PM D. Howard Bingham via BVARC < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Why doesn't a city as large as the Houston METRO area have at least ONE >> Factory Authorized SERVICE facility to repair major BRANDS of HAM RADIO >> Equipment, guessing MAJOR manufacturers support of their products not as >> important to the corporate types & purchasers are left to their own when >> REPAIRS or WARRANTY SERVICE IS NEEDED. >> >> D. Howard Bingham, KE5APJ >> >> BVARC Member >> >> ARRL Member >> >> -- >> On 6/20/2021 9:40 PM, Westley Clavey via BVARC wrote: >> >> This person is not local...but I have had good success with him. He did >> a complete overhaul (capacitor replacement, alignment, etc.) on my TS-850S >> and turned it around in just a few days. >> >> https://jahnkeelectronics.com/ >> >> On 6/20/21 4:55 PM, Bob Hawkins via BVARC wrote: >> >> >> Need a qualified Kenwood technician. Anybody have a suggestion? >> >> >> >> >> Bob Hawkins >> [email protected] >> 281-827-9135 >> >> -- >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- David Hold [email protected]
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