Grant,
Suggest you contact Paul, W8ZD, phd73@mindspring.com who is in the
processing of replacing the power distribution board in his Orion.
This could perhaps solve your problem also.
73,
Lee N0LYW
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t@tx.rr.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 1:32 AM
Subject: [TenTec] FW: Orion II back from the dead -- NOT
> Well, I fired up the II today after not having much time to play radio
> over
> the Holidays, and guess what. It worked the first couple of power cycles
> and then ... Dead again. Once every 15-20 tries to turn it on it will
> boot
> up after what seems like a longer than usual delay. Otherwise, it's just
> plain dead -- except for a relay click and the pilot light on the S-Meter.
>
> Maybe this U500 thing was a convenient scapegoat ... And the real problem
> is
> still lurking in there.
>
> Sigh .... :-(
>
> Grant/NQ5T
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Grant Youngman [mailto:nq5t@tx.rr.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 3:15 PM
> To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'
> Subject: Orion II back from the dead
>
>
> I shipped my dead II to T-T on Dec 5, and got it back working today, 2
> weeks
> door to door. Turned out to have been U500 on the logic board. The
> really
> good news is that it's the first time in memory I've had something break a
> couple of weeks BEFORE the warranty expired rather than the day AFTER :-)
>
> Pretty good service, I'd have to say.
>
> Grant/NQ5T
>
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