John: I had that same problem a few weeks ago on my Orion II and I found an
old e-mail on the subject that you wrote in July of last year. Did the same
procedure and the problem went away!
Ron N6IE
www.N6IE.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "John T. Fleming" <john@w3gqj.net>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 6:30 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion I intermittent RIT/XIT
> Does anyone have an Orion I with an intermittent RIT/XIT control? Mine
> has
> become intermittent again and I am trying a new idea. If yours is
> intermittent, I suspect the connector J8. I have had my entire front
> panel
> apart and examined the PC board and ALL connections look good. I found
> that
> if I apply pressure to the front of the case between the sweep button and
> the LCD display, the problem will cure itself. Connector J8 is located
> behind this point. Originally I noticed that pins 3 and 4 of J8 did not
> have any scratch marks from being plugged into connector J15. I also
> noticed that my pins 3 and 4 were bent out of alignment. I straightened
> them to align with the other pins. This time I bent the pins a little
> further hoping to get more friction with the connector. So now it is a
> waiting game to see if it fails again.
>
> If your rig is intermittent, please try applying pressure to the case
> between the sweep button and the display. If it cures the problem, this
> helps to confirm that a marginal batch of connectors could be the source
> of
> the problem. I have no intention of replacing mine. At 70, my eyes,
> fingers and dexterity ain't what it was as a kid! I will just apply
> pressure a few times until I have a good connection again.
>
> 73,
> John
>
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