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I just received my twenty year old AEA PK232MBX back from Timewave. In
spite of the fact that this was purchased that long ago ago they
upgraded it to current standard just as if brand new for less than
seventy five percent of the cost of a new one. They added a sound card interface, lowered it's power consumption, provided USB port in place of serial, added digital signal processing, re calibrated the unit and had
it back on the way to me in less than one week. That is a company that
is worth buying from. Let me assure all here that I have no interest in Timewave other than as a customer. I just think that that kind of
service from a company is worth bragging on.
--
Tom Horne. W3TDH
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Tom Horne wrote:

I just received my twenty year old AEA PK232MBX back from Timewave. In spite of the fact that this was purchased that long ago ago they
upgraded it to current standard just as if brand new for less than
seventy five percent of the cost of a new one. They added a sound card interface, lowered it's power consumption, provided USB port in place of serial, added digital signal processing, re calibrated the unit and had
it back on the way to me in less than one week. That is a company that
is worth buying from. Let me assure all here that I have no interest in Timewave other than as a customer. I just think that that kind of
service from a company is worth bragging on.
--
Tom Horne. W3TDH

Hi Tom,

Did you get a look inside the PK-232 after the mods were done? I have
one that was modified by Timewave and they did a really nice job on it.
I was wondering if you had looked at it, did the usb upgrade seem that difficult to do? They recommend factory intallation for that. Thank you
Mike K8MB
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Mike Burch wrote:

Tom Horne wrote:

I just received my twenty year old AEA PK232MBX back from Timewave.
In spite of the fact that this was purchased that long ago ago they
upgraded it to current standard just as if brand new for less than
seventy five percent of the cost of a new one. They added a sound
card interface, lowered it's power consumption, provided USB port in
place of serial, added digital signal processing, re calibrated the
unit and had it back on the way to me in less than one week. That is
a company that is worth buying from. Let me assure all here that I
have no interest in Timewave other than as a customer. I just think
that that kind of service from a company is worth bragging on.
--
Tom Horne. W3TDH

Hi Tom,

Did you get a look inside the PK-232 after the mods were done? I have
one that was modified by Timewave and they did a really nice job on it.
I was wondering if you had looked at it, did the usb upgrade seem that difficult to do? They recommend factory intallation for that. Thank you
Mike K8MB

Mike
I hadn't thought to open it until you asked. They did a really nice job
on mine as well.

In answer to your question I would say that if you are really
comfortable soldering on micro circuit boards then you might want to
tackle it just for the bragging rights. I'm just back in radio this
year after a thirty year hiatus so it is well beyond my skill set and
I'm really glad I had them do it.

This TNC should now be capable of doing everything short of cooking me breakfast but what I'm starting with is packet at 1200 baud with plans
to work my way up to Pactor for CMS access in WL2K. My primary focus in
radio is Emcomm so that is were my effort goes for now. I'm taking the
analog electronics course from ARRL so that I will be more able to
diagnose problems I will encounter in the field but I rather doubt that
I would ever become a build your own transceiver from scratch kind of
guy. Thirty years ago I built a few kits from Heathkit but this solid
state stuff makes that look like child's play.
--
Tom Horne, W3TDH
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Tom Horne wrote:

Mike Burch wrote:

Tom Horne wrote:

I just received my twenty year old AEA PK232MBX back from Timewave.
In spite of the fact that this was purchased that long ago ago they
upgraded it to current standard just as if brand new for less than
seventy five percent of the cost of a new one. They added a sound
card interface, lowered it's power consumption, provided USB port in
place of serial, added digital signal processing, re calibrated the
unit and had it back on the way to me in less than one week. That is
a company that is worth buying from. Let me assure all here that I
have no interest in Timewave other than as a customer. I just think
that that kind of service from a company is worth bragging on.
--
Tom Horne. W3TDH

Hi Tom,

Did you get a look inside the PK-232 after the mods were done? I have
one that was modified by Timewave and they did a really nice job on it.
I was wondering if you had looked at it, did the usb upgrade seem that
difficult to do? They recommend factory intallation for that. Thank
you Mike K8MB

Mike
I hadn't thought to open it until you asked. They did a really nice job
on mine as well.

In answer to your question I would say that if you are really
comfortable soldering on micro circuit boards then you might want to
tackle it just for the bragging rights. I'm just back in radio this
year after a thirty year hiatus so it is well beyond my skill set and
I'm really glad I had them do it.

This TNC should now be capable of doing everything short of cooking me breakfast but what I'm starting with is packet at 1200 baud with plans
to work my way up to Pactor for CMS access in WL2K. My primary focus in radio is Emcomm so that is were my effort goes for now. I'm taking the analog electronics course from ARRL so that I will be more able to
diagnose problems I will encounter in the field but I rather doubt that
I would ever become a build your own transceiver from scratch kind of
guy. Thirty years ago I built a few kits from Heathkit but this solid
state stuff makes that look like child's play.
--
Tom Horne, W3TDH

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the reply. Welcome back to ham radio! :-) and Merry
Christmas. The usb upgrade sounds really good! I have two PK-232's one
is upgraded and the other one is not. The timewave products seem very
nicely done to me. Hmm, maybe I will try the usb upgrade! :-) I left amateur radio for about 7 years myself and now I'm back. I like packet
quite a lot because it gives me a little more time to think about what I
want to say as opposed to cw and ssb however I spend most time restoring
old heathkit's. Its very relaxing for me. I will search for Emcomm on google.
I have just started packet up again after about 15 years and the PakRatt
II commands are coming back to me. Very weird! But I am picking up information on local activity slowly. Maybe I can try to digi-pete to
you at some point.

That is it for now Tom and I will look forward to hearing from you
Mike K8MB
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