[Orion] Help: Orion goes "Deaf" after transmitting

Sherman Banks w4atl at earthlink.net
Tue Sep 12 10:29:49 EDT 2006


I have noticed this when my sub receiver is in AM mode.  If it is in any 
other mode I do not lose audio.

Mark Bailey wrote:
> Good day, everyone:
> 
> Help!  One of our Orion's is going "deaf" after transmitting.  I can
> turn the radio on, tune in a loud station, hit the foot switch briefly
> and the station becomes MUCH weaker, with lower S/N.
> 
> Oddly, switching the receive antenna to another antenna and
> back restores the signal level.  It doesn't act like the receive
> antenna switching since turning the Orion off and back on also
> clears the problem.
> 
> We loaded the new firmware and did a master reset which did
> not help.  The other Orion works fine.
> 
> Any ideas on what might be causing this?  The next time I get
> to the station, I'll swap the Orions and make SURE that the
> problem moves with the transceiver.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Mark, KD4D
> 
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