Excellent advice from Peter! Both on the A9 and that nothing being as nice
to operate as a 565.
73, Barry N1EU
On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 8:56 PM, Peter Frenning [OZ1PIF] <peter@frenning.dk>
wrote:
> Den 24-01-2015 kl. 21:44 skrev Paul A. Ramey:
>
> I have a Orion 565 that is full of filters, 250, 500 and 1.8. It has a
>> auto tuner and a 705 desk mic.
>> It is loaded with the latest software and TT replaced the battery about 2
>> months ago.
>>
>> It has an intermittent problem!!! main vfo stops RXing and just white
>> noise and will not TX. The sub RX still works when this happens.
>>
>> The radio has been reset many times and no change. The fix is turn the
>> radio off and come back in about an hour and it will work fine again.
>> could be a few days or few hours before it fails again.
>> this is a very CLEAN radio. I have the factory shipping box for it and
>> manuals.
>> I am selling it AS IS, PARTS RADIO. I am asking $1000.00 plus shipping
>>
>> I plan to order a new Omni VII on Monday
>>
>> Paul, WG0G
>> wg0g@arrl.net
>> 612-747-1244
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>> I would refurbish or replace the A9 power distribution board, this
> sounds very much like the ubiquitous faded electrolytic problem. I
> certainly wouldn't trade away my precious Orion for an (compared to the
> Orion) inferior Omni VII
>
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