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Re: [TenTec] Orion display

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion display
From: Ken Pearce <n4kcd@ix.netcom.com>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 12:47:58 -0400
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My exact thoughts as well. Please start over and take a video or pictures, Hi 
Hi. 

Ken

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 21, 2019, at 12:40, Steven Kline via TenTec <tentec@contesting.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Byron,
> 
> By any chance did you capture few pictures of process?
> 
> Steve - W5JK
> 
>> On Jul 21, 2019, at 10:50 AM, Byron Cordes via TenTec 
>> <tentec@contesting.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Hello everyone.
>> My experience with changing Orion display . First off it works!  I took me 3 
>> hours . 27 minutes soldering 14 wires and the rest of time taking apart and 
>> putting back together. Measuring for standoffs took the longest time but now 
>> I know make them 3/32 to 1/8 inch longer than the stock. I used plastic 
>> standoffs from a repeater cabinet for the insulators. I put them up against 
>> the stock board post and cut the new standoffs ,worked well.
>> New display came with ribbon cable tried to cut and separate but no luck 
>> there. So removed ribbon cable . Soldered 14 bread board wires about 5 
>> inches long to the display. This was not easy , difficult for even a good 
>> tech, just so small . I checked the connections and found pin 5  v+  wasn’t 
>> soldered ! Must of flew right by it .hihi 
>> Bought 90 pcb connector cut to 14 pins ,simple. Soldered 14 wires from 
>> display to each pin not to bad . 
>> Trimmed the 14 stud post off of cpu board so that 90 deg plug mates flat on 
>> board. Need all the clearance you can get.
>> Everything else is just putting back together. You will probably have to 
>> adjust contrast control (it’s on bottom of radio) 
>> Happy with it ? I like the original better but this gets the radio back on 
>> air. When I get some more time probably will download N4py software fore the 
>> Orion.
>> Hope this helps if anyone has a bad display. 73s AC9PA Byron
>> Sent from my iPad
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