Lee, from the excessively long time to boot up from a cold start I would
suspect a voltage regulator problem. There have been a couple of reports of
long boot up time associated with a bad reg chip. So it would probably be a
good idea to repack it and ship it to Paul at Ten Tec. It's well worth the
cost.
73 es GL, Pete Allen AC5E
--
Amateur Radio, emergency communications when all else fails
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "ke5c" <ke5c@hot.rr.com>
> I think you will have to send it in. My Orion (I), bought new about two
> and half years ago, did strange things like this from the time I
> received it. At first it only happened occasionally, and I blamed it on
> firwmware glitches since those were rampant or at least alleged to be
> on the reflectors. The firmwares got better yet my problems became more
> frequent. I did the V2 mod without any reduction in adverse events. In
> retrospect, I should have sent the thing back while it was still under
> warranty, but like you said, that's a hassle. I used Fedex ground the
> last time, and I know it under $30 to send it to the factory, but I am
> closer than you. Sorry, but it's a great receiver when it's working.
>
> ARL SIXTY TWO es 73, John
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:19:50 -0700
> From: "Lee Armitage" <LEE@GJ.NET>
> Subject: [Orion] To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Cc: Orion@contesting.com
> Message-ID: <008001c725f5$c66e4880$0400a8c0@LeeGX620>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> I sent the email shown below last night and received an auto responder
> that the Service Department at Ten Tec was closed for the next four days
> for Christmas.
>
> It is an Orion I S/N 04C10584 running 1.372 firmware. The jumper wire
> mod has not been done for Version 2.
>
> I thought perhaps another Orion owner reading this reflector may have
> had the same problem and could give me some direction.
>
> I have only had the Orion I for a week and am in the early learning
> stages with the manual. Definitely an Orion newbie.
>
> Power supply is Astron RS-35M with 13.78 output with rig on.
>
> I did a Master Reset and cleared user memory when I got the rig last
> week.
>
> The only thought I have had and this is a wild guess on my part is to
> download the 1.372 firmware from Ten Tec or get it from a local friend
> that has it on CD and reinstall the firmware. Does this make any sense?
>
> I would prefer not to spent $150 round trip shipping to Ten Tec if this
> an operator error on my part.
>
> Thank you in advance for any ideas or suggestions anyone has.
>
> Lee Armitage
> N0LYW/AE
> Western Colorado
> 970-234-8989
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lee Armitage
> To: service@tentec.com
> Cc: Lee Armitage ; Steve Van Houweling ; Steve Grewe
> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 1:43 AM
> Subject: Orion I S/N 04C10584
>
>
>
> Good Morning Paul,
>
> Lee Armitage, N0LYW, here. We spoke yesterday about the fact that when
> you turn this Orion on after it as been sitting overnight the screen
> remains blank for about two minutes until full clear display after the
> led's light up in the analog S meter. The first thing you see if the
> freq that the radio is tuned to after a full minute and a half or more.
>
> If the radio has been used and is turned off and within a few minutes
> turned back on, the Ten Tec screen comes up and then the freq pops up
> which seems normal to me.
>
> My guess is what happens when the radio has sat overnight is that the
> screen is so cold that when it is tuned on the Ten Tec screen does
> always display but is not visible and then a minute later the freq
> SLOWLY comes into view. The room temp is usually 65 to 75 F, not that
> cold.
>
> I could live with the screen situation, but wanted to mention it in case
> it is related to a more serious issue outlined below.
>
> Sometimes when I walk away from the radio, leaving it ON, for an hour
> and return the six control knobs located directly above the main tuning
> knob are all disabled. I cannot change volume on either receiver, the
> MULTI knob will change nothing regardless of what is selected on the
> screen and the RIT/XIT knob will not work. Before I walk away all of
> these knobs are working perfectly and nothing has been changed by myself
> to disable these knobs.
>
> I can turn the radio off and back on and this may fix the situation, but
> not always. When it has failed and I do the off and on routine with the
> radio, you can see the MAIN AF knob try to move the volume screen bar
> indicator, but after a slight jiggle, nothing more happens. The MULTI
> knob remains disabled.
>
> Essentially, when one knob works, all six work. When any knob has failed
> all six have failed.
>
> Then at other times, the off and on routine, fixes all the knobs and the
> work perfectly for quite a while.
>
> I believe the CUT and PUT/BW knobs also fail along with the other four
> knobs and will confirm this next time I have this failure.
>
> When the six knobs have failed other parts of the radio seem to continue
> to function normally, but I have not done any extensive test of this.
>
> The previous owner, Steve Van Houweling, WB0UGO, said that if the radio
> needed repairing within the first 30 days of my ownership he would cover
> half the cost, so I am trying to determine if this problem pre-existed
> my ownership. I noticed the blank screen when I first took it out of the
> box and turned it and had to wait over a minute to see anything and then
> if very slowly showed the freq.
>
> The six knobs going dead happened the second day I used the radio.
>
> I will give you a call Friday morning and see what you recommend.
>
> If we can trouble shoot and repair it here by telephone I am happy to
> pay you the normal consulting fee for this help.
>
> Other than these issues which I am sure are solvable, I love the radio
> and it easily outperforms the FT1000MP it replaced.
>
> Thanks and 73,
> Lee Armitage N0LYW
> Western Colorado
> 970-234-8989
>
>
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