[ICOM] What ARE the recommended spare parts for the OMNI VI+ and the Hercules II ???

[Gary P. Fiber]

On 2/3/2010 11:11 AM, John Hensley wrote:
> I would appreciate some recommendations on spare parts for the OMNI VI+and the Hercules II auto-linear.  With these pieces now out for a long period oftime, perhaps someone has gotten a feel for this issue?
> I have both emailed and talked with Ten-Tec and have gotten no useable response other than some CYA warnings that the boards are now obsoleteand unserviceable.  With all the compliments that have been tendered toTT, I frankly expected more.
> TIA for any recommendations,
> John 		 	   		
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When I worked at Icom we used to receive recommended spares requests 
from time to time. I would go back to the service department and get 
some of the techs recommendations. Not many wanted to pay out for spare 
finals and fortunately we did not see a lot of those going out anyway.
It was a hard list to come up with. Depending on the product sometimes 
the recommended spare was another new unit in the box on the shelf.
I know some of TenTec's stuff was circuit board level repairable, heard 
that a lot over the years at Icom, so having a few boards around to 
exchange might be good.
As others suggested asking on a reflector about troubles incurred with 
those products would give you insight as what to have on hand. Who 
outside of TenTec repairs those products? Ask them too.

Gary K8IZ