Re: [TenTec] RIT/XIT problem solved!!!!!!!!!!!

[<n4py@arrl.net>]

John,

It's been a little while now.  Are you still sure you have fixed your RIT 
problem?
73,

Carl Moreschi N4PY
121 Little Bell Drive
Bell Mountain
Hays, NC 28635
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John T. Fleming" <W3GQJ@embarqmail.com>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 5:49 PM
Subject: [TenTec] RIT/XIT problem solved!!!!!!!!!!!


> I took my Orion apart again today.  My first experience with the problem 
> was
> in September, 2004.  Many times I had soldered the encoder pins thinking 
> it
> fixed the problem.  A year later it would come back and be temperature
> sensitive.  Solder pins again and problem would quit.  About three months
> ago I had the problem again and soldered pins.  A week later it was back.
> So in frustration, I decided to master this challenge.
>
>
>
> I removed the logic and display board today.  Before I removed it, I 
> gently
> pulled on the logic board and could make the problem appear.  I then 
> pushed
> on the board and the problem disappeared.
>
>
>
> After I removed the board and carefully looked at the pins, pins 3 and 4 
> of
> J8 did not have any scratch insertion marks on them.  I looked closer 
> under
> a magnifying glass on noticed that pins 3 and 4 were slightly out of
> alignment. They were bent about 1/32 toward the display screen.  I took a
> picture with digital camera and the misalignment is visible.  (I am 
> sending
> a copy to Ten-Tec for their files.)  Using my finger nail, I bent pins 3 
> and
> 4 away from the display until they lined up with the other pins.  I then
> remounted the logic board / display board and then tried flexing the logic
> board again.  This time I had no problem.  Evidently the female connector
> sockets only have contacts on one side because of small size.
>
>
>
> If the RIT/XIT quits before I "check out," I will let the list know.  But 
> I
> plan to try to reach the nineties which means I will probably have a
> different rig by then! :=}
>
>
>
> Thank you everyone who sent me their observation and John, K1ESE, who 
> worked
> on his rig this weekend and confirmed that the problem was in the area of
> the "B" ribbon cable.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> John
>
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