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I'm going to revisit this as the subject recently came up locally. In a case of "some people you just can't reach" I was assisting a local tech in a repair and the driver and final were both NTE236?! A brief look at an old NTE catalog told the tale. The NTE replacement for both the 2166 and the 1969 is the 236??

"They're the manufacturer , they know what they're doing, something else has to be wrong". Ummm , no.
I have contact with a parts scrounger in Canada that sourced a 1969 for the final and all was right again, even with a 236 in the driver hole. Now back to the "some people you just can't reach". Seems my colleague had a real winner(whiner?) for a customer. He insisted that the 236 should just work and the tech was at fault. This clown then insisted that the radio be returned as it was originally. Once the radio was returned (with the 236 in the driver and final holes) the initial reduced wattage was immediately noticed and our hapless tech was loudly labeled a cheat, fraud, thief, and incompetent. The radio was sold at a fire sale price by the disgusted owner and scooped up by a friend of the tech. Once again the radio finds it's way back to our tech and the 1969 again gets inserted into the driver hole. Of course all is right again. On hearing the radio on the air the original owner wants to buy it back...

You just can't make this stuff up.

Some time ago [USER=22]@nomadradio[/USER] summed it up and saved me some typing.

<blockquote data-quote="kopcicle" data-source="post: 721076" data-attributes="member: 46722">I&#039;m going to revisit this as the subject recently came up locally. In a case of &quot;some people you just can&#039;t reach&quot; I was assisting a local tech in a repair and the driver and final were both NTE236?! A brief look at an old NTE catalog told the tale. The NTE replacement for both the 2166 and the 1969 is the 236??&quot;They&#039;re the manufacturer , they know what they&#039;re doing, something else has to be wrong&quot;. Ummm , no.I have contact with a parts scrounger in Canada that sourced a 1969 for the final and all was right again, even with a 236 in the driver hole. Now back to the &quot;some people you just can&#039;t reach&quot;. Seems my colleague had a real winner(whiner?) for a customer. He insisted that the 236 should just work and the tech was at fault. This clown then insisted that the radio be returned as it was originally. Once the radio was returned (with the 236 in the driver and final holes) the initial reduced wattage was immediately noticed and our hapless tech was loudly labeled a cheat, fraud, thief, and incompetent. The radio was sold at a fire sale price by the disgusted owner and scooped up by a friend of the tech. Once again the radio finds it&#039;s way back to our tech and the 1969 again gets inserted into the driver hole. Of course all is right again. On hearing the radio on the air the original owner wants to buy it back...You just can&#039;t make this stuff up.Some time ago [USER=22]@nomadradio[/USER] summed it up and saved me some typing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kopcicle, post: 721076, member: 46722"] I'm going to revisit this as the subject recently came up locally. In a case of "some people you just can't reach" I was assisting a local tech in a repair and the driver and final were both NTE236?! A brief look at an old NTE catalog told the tale. [U]The NTE replacement for both the 2166 and the 1969 is the 236??[/U] "They're the manufacturer , they know what they're doing, something else has to be wrong". Ummm , no. I have contact with a parts scrounger in Canada that sourced a 1969 for the final and all was right again, even with a 236 in the driver hole. Now back to the "some people you just can't reach". Seems my colleague had a real winner(whiner?) for a customer. He insisted that the 236 should just work and the tech was at fault. This clown then insisted that the radio be returned as it was originally. Once the radio was returned (with the 236 in the driver and final holes) the initial reduced wattage was immediately noticed and our hapless tech was loudly labeled a cheat, fraud, thief, and incompetent. The radio was sold at a fire sale price by the disgusted owner and scooped up by a friend of the tech. Once again the radio finds it's way back to our tech and the 1969 again gets inserted into the driver hole. Of course all is right again. On hearing the radio on the air the original owner wants to buy it back... You just can't make this stuff up. Some time ago [USER=22]@nomadradio[/USER] summed it up and saved me some typing. [/QUOTE]

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