[BVARC] Anybody have a suggestion for who may be able to repair my Kenwood TS 570?
Joseph Benoit
wa3nza at gmail.com
Tue Jun 22 13:34:01 CDT 2021
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 <bvarc at bvarc.org>
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
> bobhawkins1 at gmail.com
> 281-827-9135
>
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