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TiDRadio BL-1 failures

kl7hny

kl7hny

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Hi, all. This is my first post here. Mods,please feel free tobput this somewhere else if approptiate...I couldn't find a better place.
I bought 3bof the BL-1 programmers in Jan & Feb, 2022. Alk worked well for a little over a year. Then came a month where I didn't use any. Yesterday I tried tuse one (eventually all 3, but to no avail. None would power on, regardless of how much I charged them. Thesexare the Second Edition, with the USB-C Charging jack and the blue pilot LED. Opening them shows all three battery backs are dead flat.
I emailed TIDRadio to see what they'd to. Because they're all just over 2 years old (Jan & Feb 2022) all TID Wil k do I'd sell me replacements for about $22 each, plus shipping & sales tax. I'd be happy just to receive replacement battery pack so I vmcan extend their lives, but TID seems reluctant.
I'll not be buying any more of these. From now I'll just program all these radios via a PC or from the front panels. It's a shame, the idea was good, but the execution seems very shortsighted. Based upon this "service" I'll not be buying more of these BL-1s. It's a shame.
Anyone else running into this problem?
Thanks,
Barney. WQXB719/KL7HNY
 
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