[Orion] Orion no Tx, no main Rx

[John Nason]

The Orion seems to be a bit intolerant of RF.  I
noticed that many have had issues with RF the
headphones and some others have had from the paddles.
My Orion is well grounded but still had to wrap my
head phone cables a few times in a toroid.  I did not
have to do this with my Kenwood which sat in the exact
position the Orion does now.  

However I am not sure if this is Ron's problem or not.
 Certainly, with a linear, RF seems to be a reasonable
culprit.  

73,
John NA9U

--- Richard Detweiler <rdetweil at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I'm Sensing from this thread that most of our
> firmware lockups are from RF 
> getting into the radio.
> 
> I wonder if I were to open one of mine up and go
> through it with an eye 
> towards sheilding and rf bypass on the inputs if I
> could reduce the 
> instances this happens.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Rich
> K5SF
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: ke5c at hot.rr.com
> >To: orion at contesting.com
> >Subject: Re: [Orion] Orion no Tx, no main Rx
> >Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:42:39 -0500
> >
> >
> > > What has happened twice now, is that the Orion
> (1.373b5) is hung
> > > up in an odd state:
> > >
> >
> >if this happens only when you run high power,
> suspect rf feedback affection 
> >the orion's control logic and circuitry.  i have a
> high rf shack, and as i 
> >increase the output power, usually the led's on the
> front panel start to 
> >randomly flicker.  if i keep pushing the power up,
> i'll lock up the orion 
> >in a state requiring a power cycle for recovery. 
> how much rf is required 
> >varies from band to band.  it doesn't matter which
> firmware i am running.
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