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I've had excellent luck with the SGC-230 tuner. Out in the elements
for 5+ years and didn't skip a beat. Maybe yours had a bad seal.

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista

"Leanne" wrote in message
...

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
news:sHzjc.432$Lm3.294@lakeread04...
I hate to agree but that SGC tranciever reminds me of my '67 Jag XKE.
When it was running it ran like a bat out of H@*l. When it was running.
Somehow I think SGC must have hired some folks from Lucas. :-)

Ah ha, you know about Sir Lucas, The Prince of Darkness. When I put our
ham radio on the boat, right after the 1st generation IC-706 came out, I
ordered the
SGC 230 Tuner. It lasted about one year and it was so crudded up that I
scrapped it
and replaced it with an AH-4 and in 6 years or so, it has worked as
advertised. Both
tuners were mounted in the same place on the pushpit. If SGC ever needs a
spokes
person, I would at the bottom of the list.

Leanne

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I owned a real Land Rover for 13 years. Not one of the silly
SUV versions they sell now. Lucas: The headlights cast shadows,
the wipers leak, you sing to the radio, and the horn sucks! Why
do you thing the Brits drink their beer warm, Lucas makes
refrigerators too!

Doug
s/v Callista

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:49:06 -0400, Glenn Ashmore
wrote:

SGC must have hired some folks from Lucas.

======================================

Ahhh Lucas, Prince of Darkness...

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I owned a real Land Rover for 13 years. Not one of the silly
SUV versions they sell now. Lucas: The headlights cast shadows,
the wipers leak, you sing to the radio, and the horn sucks! Why
do you thing the Brits drink their beer warm, Lucas makes
refrigerators too!

Doug
s/v Callista

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:49:06 -0400, Glenn Ashmore
wrote:

SGC must have hired some folks from Lucas.

======================================

Ahhh Lucas, Prince of Darkness...

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Electronics are weird. Theoretically, there's no reason for a transistor
or
diode to fail, but they do...

Really? What theory are you relating too? None that has any relation
to the real world apparently.

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista

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Electronics are weird. Theoretically, there's no reason for a transistor
or
diode to fail, but they do...

Really? What theory are you relating too? None that has any relation
to the real world apparently.

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista

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"Doug Dotson" wrote
Really? What theory are you relating too? None that has any relation
to the real world apparently.

What part do you disagree with? Do you believe that transistors wear out
naturally, like tubes, or do you believe they never fail?

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"Doug Dotson" wrote
Really? What theory are you relating too? None that has any relation
to the real world apparently.

What part do you disagree with? Do you believe that transistors wear out
naturally, like tubes, or do you believe they never fail?

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"Vito" wrote in
:

"Doug Dotson" wrote
Really? What theory are you relating too? None that has any relation
to the real world apparently.

What part do you disagree with? Do you believe that transistors wear out
naturally, like tubes, or do you believe they never fail?

Actually they do wear out. There is ion migration that eventually weakens
the junctions, leading to catastrophic failures, thank God. Otherwise, us
technicians would be flippin' burgers and asking the marketing question,
"Do you want fries with that?", like the business majors....(c;

Larry

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"Vito" wrote in
:

"Doug Dotson" wrote
Really? What theory are you relating too? None that has any relation
to the real world apparently.

What part do you disagree with? Do you believe that transistors wear out
naturally, like tubes, or do you believe they never fail?

Actually they do wear out. There is ion migration that eventually weakens
the junctions, leading to catastrophic failures, thank God. Otherwise, us
technicians would be flippin' burgers and asking the marketing question,
"Do you want fries with that?", like the business majors....(c;

Larry

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Well.....
First of all, I was not aware that "for sale" listings were prohibited on this
list...sorry

But apparently I've given a number of you guys an opportunity to use up your
time and bandwidth taking shots at SGC (and by connection, me), Lucas,
etc....so all was not wasted!

Chucvk
W1NW