Duane...I agree...for sure.
TT still supports the very old stuff as well...no one else does that.
For me it's all American Made...I have NO Japanese radios (I used to)
so between TT, Collins, Drake, Halli...I'm all USA.
73,
Lee KC9CDT
-----Original Message-----
From: Duane Calvin <[email protected]>
To: k4oah <[email protected]>; drakelist <[email protected]>
Sent: Sat, Jun 18, 2011 10:01 am
Subject: Re: [Drakelist] Ten-Tec and Drake Compared
Huh. Of six different pieces of TT equipment, only one ever needed
repair.
That was due to an early life (warranty) fail of a bias transistor, and
I
did the service with super help from TT guys. Two of the units were HF
amps
and neither of them had any trouble (other than a 3-500Z grid that fell
into
a cathode after years of service, much of it in RTTY mode.) Since the
majority of folks who post on forums tend to be those with a gripe, I
thought I'd post my experience which is the opposite. By contrast,
I've
sent a VHF rig back to Yaesu three times without a resolution of a
problem,
and finally gave up. Also had problems with an ICOM IC-765 that was my
first "big rig". So, I find the negative criticism of TT to be
misplaced,
in my experience....
73, Duane
Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas
www.ac5aa.com
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Garey Barrell
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 10:06 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Drakelist] Ten-Tec and Drake Compared
roncasa wrote:
Garey Barrell wrote:
One thing about Ten-Tec gear. The 'word' in the Ham community was
that,
'The good news is that
Ten-Tec has an outstanding service department, with friendly, helpful
techs readily available.
They very often will ship a replacement board on the promise that you
would send back the
defective one.' 'The bad news is, you are almost certainly going to
NEED
that outstanding
service department!'
Let's be fair ....
the same is true for other manufacturers of ham radio products
regarding
reliability ....
The difference here is that you could almost repair TT radio at home.
You could be back on the air in no time.
On the other hand, you may have to send other radio brands for
service and
wait weeks.
Ron -
Perhaps. All I can say is that in 50 years of using Drake equipment,
only
twice did I need to
purchase a unique part from Drake to repair a radio. Other minor
repairs
were required over the
years, but all were accomplished with locally available resistors and/or
capacitors, with an
occasional diode or transistor thrown in.
I ran three R-4A/B setups for almost three years, 24/7 in autostart RTTY
service with only one
'failure', and open filament in a 12BY7. Yes, a few PA tubes had to be
replaced as the transmitters
were run at full power, with keydown periods of up to 30 minutes.
By contrast, it seemed like everyone I knew who had Ten-Tec equipment
was
often praising their
'excellent service support'. :-)
73, Garey - K4OAH
Glen Allen, VA
Drake 2-B, 2-C/2-NT, 4-A, 4-B, C-Line
and TR-4/C Service Supplement CDs
<www.k4oah.com>
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