> Ken,
By chance, did you plug the logic board coax into the
"main" connector, not the "sub" jack? I noticed that
these connectors are close to each other and by not
being careful, one could easily make an error.
Just a thought as I did the mod over the weekend and
agree that the documentation was excellent.
Good luck, Robb N0RU
> From: "Ken Brookner" <kenb@brookner.com>
> Date: 2006/02/22 Wed PM 12:17:54 EST
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Subject: [TenTec] orion sweep mod, questions...
>
> first, i apologize if this shows up twice; i posted it last night but never
> saw it appear on the list...
>
> i have the original orion and i have installed the v2 beta firmware. other
> than some of the nits mentioned here, i have no major problems. i do have
> quite a bit of s-meter variance depending upon how my bandwidth is set.
> that's definitely different than with the v1.372 i was running before.
>
> last night i did the sweep mod. pretty straightforward and the excellent
> documentation from tentec leaves almost no room for error. in my former
> career i did this type of work all the time and this is a really simple
> modification.
>
> my problem is that though the sweep will now turn on under the v2 beta
> firmware, all i see is noise. i can tune across strong signals, but they do
> not appear on the sweep. i've done a master reset and regressed to the
> 1.372 firmware, also with a master reset (memories and filters too), but the
> results are the same--sweep with only noise.
>
> i've rechecked my mod and ohmed the trace cuts to insure that they are
> really cut--they are. i've rechecked and reseated all of the connectors
> disconnected during the procedure.
>
> tentec service hasn't heard of this happening with the sweep mod before.
>
> any ideas?
>
> thanks
> kenb ky5g
>
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