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Tugicom

Post by alfaeire » Mon Mar 29, 2021 12:37 am

Anyone know why their website went dark about 2 years ago and it impossible to get hold of them?

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Re: Tugicom

Post by teckniqs » Mon Mar 29, 2021 2:09 am

https://tugicom.com/

The website says "Under Construction" but shows their contact details on the page:

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Re: Tugicom

Post by Albert H » Mon Mar 29, 2021 3:34 am

If you phone them, you just get an answering machine. They don't appear to be in business at present.
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Re: Tugicom

Post by alfaeire » Mon Mar 29, 2021 3:36 am

The Website has been under construction for 2 or more years, they don't reply to emails or calls.

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Re: Tugicom

Post by MiXiN » Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:52 am

They're still listing on eBay - https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/tugicom

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Re: Tugicom

Post by Zozo » Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:44 am

They fell silent sometime in Mid 2017, people have been talking about this for sometime. They was active on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter until something happen?

Their original website URL was, and still is http://www.Tugicom-RF.com/ and not http://www.Tugicom.com/

As MiXin pointed out. Their eBay shop is still active. But your be lucky if they reply to any message you send.

You can still buy the TX190 and a few other bits. In all honesty, it looks as if there selling up their remaining stock to clear. (Hopefully not though).
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Re: Tugicom

Post by teckniqs » Mon Mar 29, 2021 1:18 pm

I always thought their gear was well over priced in comparison to other places.

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Post by Albert H » Mon Mar 29, 2021 3:49 pm

Their TX190 was a superb bit of kit. It outperformed the equivalent Broadcast Warehouse version by quite a margin. I used a heap of them in college radio installations over the last few years. We bought a batch of their "all-in-one" TX190s, and they were brilliant. We bought them as complete modules, and had them assembled into 19" cases with the LCD on the front, and all the connectors along the back panel. The frequency change switches were inside the box, and they used a "universal" switched-mode power supply module, to handle any worldwide mains supply voltage. You applied mains and stereo line-level balanced audio in, and 1 Watt of RF came squirting out on the chosen frequency. Most of the college stations were licensed for 10 to 50 Watts, so we supplied a similarly cased FET-based RF power amp, configured for the licensed frequency and required power level. This was also powered by a "universal" SMPSU.

We dealt with a guy called David at Tugicom, and he was always helpful.
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Post by BriansBrain » Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:30 pm

:whistle

I have a Tugicom TX180A 1W FM exciter as the heart of my power rack
driven by MPX from a computer running Breakaway Broadcast.

Been running flawlessly for over two years now :tup
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Re: Tugicom

Post by Zozo » Tue Mar 30, 2021 1:08 pm

BriansBrain wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:30 pm :whistle

I have a Tugicom TX180A 1W FM exciter as the heart of my power rack
driven by MPX from a computer running Breakaway Broadcast.

Been running flawlessly for over two years now :tup

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Looking good Brian, I do like Tugicom kit. what's the total RF Power of your "Power Rack"?
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Post by BriansBrain » Wed Mar 31, 2021 5:57 pm

Zozo wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 1:08 pm Looking good Brian, I do like Tugicom kit. what's the total RF Power of your "Power Rack"?
The power out is 150W into a Dominator which claims 3 dBd so my ERP is +/- 300W :tup
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I wan't to increase the power as soon as the tourists start to come back after this Covid shit :whistle


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Re: RE: Re: Tugicom

Post by alfaeire » Wed Mar 31, 2021 7:43 pm

BriansBrain wrote:
Zozo wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 1:08 pm Looking good Brian, I do like Tugicom kit. what's the total RF Power of your "Power Rack"?
The power out is 150W into a Dominator which claims 3 dBd so my ERP is +/- 300W :tup
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I wan't to increase the power as soon as the tourists start to come back after this Covid shit :whistle


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Just got the 3kw dominator myself from norwalk, it's fuckin huuuuge. I wasn't expecting it to be so big



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Post by BriansBrain » Wed Mar 31, 2021 11:49 pm

alfaeire wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 7:43 pmJust got the 3kw dominator myself from norwalk, it's fuckin huuuuge. I wasn't expecting it to be so big
They are big yeah... but solid and well made :tup
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Re: Tugicom

Post by teckniqs » Thu Apr 01, 2021 1:05 am

You should see the size of the original CB version then...

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Post by alfaeire » Thu Apr 01, 2021 1:21 am

teckniqs wrote:You should see the size of the original CB version then...
Ohh Yeah?
Any info on it?

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Post by teckniqs » Thu Apr 01, 2021 5:42 am

alfaeire wrote: Thu Apr 01, 2021 1:21 am
teckniqs wrote:You should see the size of the original CB version then...
Ohh Yeah?
Any info on it?

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sirio-Vector ... SwFyFgYvKW

...Crazy thing is not only is it a lot larger, it's also a lot cheaper!! :whistle

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Re: RE: Re: Tugicom

Post by Zozo » Thu Apr 01, 2021 1:57 pm

teckniqs wrote: Thu Apr 01, 2021 5:42 am
alfaeire wrote: Thu Apr 01, 2021 1:21 am
teckniqs wrote:You should see the size of the original CB version then...
Ohh Yeah?
Any info on it?

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...Crazy thing is not only is it a lot larger, it's also a lot cheaper!! :whistle
They are a good antenna for what they are. It's basically a Gamma-Match J pole, but the J section is a uniformed basket. To give credit where credit is due. The original design was thought up by "Tagra Antennas" which Sirio copied. The original was a much higher quality build.
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Re: RE: Re: Tugicom

Post by BriansBrain » Fri Apr 02, 2021 4:06 pm

teckniqs wrote: Thu Apr 01, 2021 5:42 am ...Crazy thing is not only is it a lot larger, it's also a lot cheaper!! :whistle
Quantity brings the manufacturing cost down therefore the selling price ;)

Imagine how many of these have been sold in America alone :smoke
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