I know the local Kenwood shop will work on the Maggiore stuff. (Cook Towers)
along with many outer brands. Like it was said the shop side of a two way
shop brings in the bread and butter.
73 Russ,
W3CH
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From: "skipp025" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 12:27 PM
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: maggiore's service
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> Hi Joe,
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> Any good repair shop will probably work on anything
> they have parts and service information (manual) for.
>
> As you probably know, I'm a Kenwood Dealer and
> Authorized Repair Center, but we'll pretty much
> work on anything or honestly tell you if it's
> not practical or a lost cause.
>
> A lost cause would be the repair of a VHF
> Engineering Receiver Strip at the shop service
> rate.
>
> Unless a Dealer is moving a lot of radios via
> the sales side of the business, Service is still
> a big part of the bread and butter at many
> smaller operations.
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> As a service to my walk in customers, I will even
> handle getting other brand service work done,
> where possible at another brand dealer. A lot
> of customers are happy to pay for someone else to
> do their "leg work". It all comes down to the
> shop rate or the repair quote.
>
> cheers,
> skipp
> www.radiowrench.com
>
> > Joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have a UHF Maggiore that has played well for years
> > on a very high site, but I think that I have been
> > lucky in regards to it's performance. I don't see
> > much interstage shielding and wonder what would happen
> > if I was at an "RF crowded" site. There's not much
> > happening, RF wise, at the site that I am presently on
> > so it has performed well for me.
> >
> > My main concern mentioned in my last email was
> > maintenance issues. I do my own repairs, so that is
> > not an issue for me. If I had a failure and did not
> > do repairs, I would be limited to only one repair
> > location (Maggiore factory). Most 2-way shops would
> > probably not want to work on the Maggiore, or would
> > want to charge time & parts. This can get very
> > expensive and time consuming, causing the repair price
> > to go up and downtime to be very long. Sticking to
> > Kenwood, Yaesu, Motorola, or another common 2-way
> > product would give you more choices for repair and
> > faster turn-around time.
> >
> > 73, Joe, K1ike
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