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Re: [TenTec] sick Orion

To: "mathenyr@marietta.edu" <mathenyr@marietta.edu>, Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] sick Orion
From: Lewis Arthur R <wa8vsj@ameritech.net>
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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:22:53 -0800 (PST)
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Ralph

I would wait until TT had the display parts and then ship it to them. I have 
had good experience with TT service and their repair bills are fair. Let them 
go through the entire unit.

Good Luck

Art WA8VSJ




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From: Ralph Matheny K8RYU <mathenyr@marietta.edu>
To: tentec@contesting.com
Sent: Tue, January 19, 2010 11:03:29 PM
Subject: [TenTec] sick Orion

Before I ship it off, I thought I would shoot out a message and see if this is
one that can be delt with here.

My Orion has no RF output, appears to draw current in transmit, heat sink gets 
warm
and I suspect would get hot if left on for a long period.  The display indicates
"HIGH SWR" when the unit is placed in transmit.  I suspect the TR switch is not
working.  I'm thinking TR relay.

The unit has some other problems, which may be in part related.  It needs a new 
display,
and TT says those are out of stock as of a few weeks back.  I was planning to 
replace 
the display here, but after this failure I'd perhaps send the unit to TT 
service.  If the
display is still not available, they would not be able to do that job while 
there, so
I'd still have to do that task here.  The radio has also had problems with 
power control,
which I have traced to a bad pot on the PA board.  A little nudge on that pot a 
few weeks
back seemed to clear that problem, but I have seen that again this week.  The 
power 
control problem had been blamed on software (V1.372) until this past fall when 
I discovered
that the problem could be cleared by bumping the top of the radio.

Thoughts?



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