I do have a complete com board for an Orion…
Gary
> On Jan 5, 2016, at 8:16 AM, Rafael A. Peña <pinoleronica@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> TT service needs improvement.... I do not mind paying the fees but to have my
> rig fix and at reasonably time.
> Recently I went through the ordeal of sending my Orion for a RS232 Com port /
> no Tx issue. Took TT 3 months to supposely fix the Com problem. The
> other part was deemed as ....what was that statement? ...."not economically
> fixable?" I decided I will not go through the hell of spending more time
> and resources and perhaps use the Orion as a door stop. So I paid them
> their fees, over $250 which included the shipping back to my QTH.
> So I received the rig and placed it on my bench...no com was still working
> and next to that the Main RX had been damaged in the process. I knew I had
> sent it in for Com and Tx but the Rx was perfectly fine before shipping
> it...and no, I am not yet forgetting things or losing my mind. Multiple
> tries in getting answers as to why the RX was also bad generated nothing but
> me was to be blamed. Curiosity made me open the rig and found a coax (Rcvr
> Input) disconnected! But reconnecting it did not fix the RX. The rig's
> Main RX was completely deaf! :(
> My posting on the yahoo group provided a great resource for the Orion. I
> sent in the rig to this fellow ham. The same night he received it he was
> able to determined the RX232 and RX issues. A couple of more days and the
> radio was back in full swing...these were the parts replaced:
> 1) Bias IC -1pcs -$12) Bias Transistor -1pcs - $8.53) Driver transistor
> for PA - 2pcs - $504) RS port - max232 - 1pcs - $2.50 Total is $62
> ....talking about "economically fixable..."?
> I hope service gets an overhaul at TT.
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> Rafael A Peña
> NN3RP
> Washington, DC
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