Re: [TenTec] Repair history for Orion

["Arthur Lewis" <wa8vsj@ameritech.net>]

John

My Orion went back for a main receiver encoder in 2007. Purchased in 2003. 
Been fine ever since.
           Art WA8VSJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John K Gotwals" <john@gotwals.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 12:25 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Repair history for Orion


> Listed below is the repair history for my Orion. I have been very happy 
> with
> Ten-Tec's service, but I am curious if my service history for my Orion
> approximates the experiences of others.
>
> Orion purchased new from factory in August, 2005
> Replaced fried logic board components in March, 2007
> Replaced bad capacitors on power distribution board in July, 2007
> Replaced bad display and bw encoder in December, 2008
>
> Luckily it is only a one-hour drive from my house to Ten-Tec, so I did not
> need to go through the pain of packing  and unpacking the Orion for 
> shipment
> by carrier.
>
> Does this repair history seem about right for an electronic unit as 
> complex
> as an Orion? I should mention that my operating environment has sometimes
> been in an rf-hot environment.
>
> John, N9JG
>
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