Hello Carl,
Your suggestion worked great....used deOxit on the front panel J
connectors and all the RG174 plugs....spray, insert several times then
wait til dry...
Menu panel works again as do all the Band change buttons.
Mucho Gracias for very 'head's up' idea.
73
Tom
CX7TT
On 9/15/12 1:00 PM, tentec-request@contesting.com wrote:
Today's Topics:
1. O II Menu (cx7tt@4email.net)
2. Re: O II Menu (Carl Moreschi)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:42:19 -0300
From: cx7tt@4email.net
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] O II Menu
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Hello,
My Orion II developed a couple of problems today. It will not respond to
pressing the Band key for "30 meters". It will allow me to manually
enter the frequency and all the other Band keys work correctly.
Also, the Menu key will not respond to any presses.
I tried two Master Resets, following the instructions on page 49 of the
manual. Same problems as above.
Any ideas? Not being able to access the Menu is major issue.
73
Tom
CX7TT
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:12:01 -0400
From: Carl Moreschi <n4py2@earthlink.net>
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] O II Menu
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There seems to be a chronic problem with the Orions as they age. There
are many cable connectors behind the main front panel. I have found
that removing the front panel and then removing all the cable
connectors, spraying them with contact cleaner, and then plugging them
back in and out several times, seems to fix most problems. Because
there are so many connections here, almost any symptom seems possible
from a connection that has developed some resistance.
It's not hard to remove the front panel and this fix is quite easy to do.
Carl Moreschi N4PY
121 Little Bell Dr.
Hays, NC 28635
www.n4py.com
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