[Orion] Orion No Receive

[Joe Giacobello]

I've had a happen a couple of times and it seems quite unpredictable. 
 It usually happens after I've been transmitting QRO, and I've assumed 
it was RF, but not really certain.

73, Joe

Kamar wrote:

>Well, it finally happened to me after owning the Orion for almost one year.
>The band appeared to have gone dead.  I was listening to 40 meters for about
>an hour with the NR on and set to 2.  All signals disappeared.
>
>Believing that 40 meters went south, I switched to 20 meters, and heard weak
>signals for a few seconds.  Then the receiver appeared to go dead, but with
>background noise similar to band (atmospheric) noise that weak.  However,
>there was no signals no matter where I tuned across the 20 meter band.
>Switching antennas (3 element yagi on 20/15/10, and 80/40/24 meter dipoles)
>resulted in no signals but still had like weak atmospheric noise.
>
>Switched back to 40 meters and then right back to 20 meters; the signals
>were there.  Switching back to 40 meters I was receiving strong signals.
>Note that I never performed a 'radio reboot.'  Just switched between 20/40
>meter bands.
>
>Running software version 1.371; this is the first time that I have noticed
>any problems with the Orion.......
>
> 
>
>Ron .... NU1U
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