Tugicom

[alfaeire]

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

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[teckniqs]

https://tugicom.com/

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

[Albert H]

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

[alfaeire]

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

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[MiXiN]

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

[Zozo]

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).

[teckniqs]

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

[Albert H]

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.

[BriansBrain]

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

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[Zozo]

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

Brian's Amp Rack-S.jpg

Looking good Brian, I do like Tugicom kit. what's the total RF Power of your "Power Rack"?

[BriansBrain]

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

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I wan't to increase the power as soon as the tourists start to come back after this Covid shit

[alfaeire]

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

Domitaror-1-S.jpg

I wan't to increase the power as soon as the tourists start to come back after this Covid shit

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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[BriansBrain]

Just 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

[teckniqs]

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

[alfaeire]

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

Ohh Yeah?
Any info on it?

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[teckniqs]

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!!

[Zozo]

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!!

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.

[BriansBrain]

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

Quantity brings the manufacturing cost down therefore the selling price

Imagine how many of these have been sold in America alone