[Orion] Orion 565 locks in CW tx mode

[Dick Coates]

Yup.   Somewhere in a thread I saw that a ham in the US found that his key
socket on the back of the unit was shorting.  Maybe I have the same problem.
Never come across a socket shorting out before ( but never have I had to
press on the front panel of a rig to make the RIT/XIT work !). Ah well, off
with the covers !

Tnx   73  Dick  ZS6BUN



-----Original Message-----
From: Orion [mailto:orion-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry N1EU
Sent: 26 March 2015 15:14 PM
To: orion at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Orion] Orion 565 locks in CW tx mode

That's probably a good sign.  Something seems to be shorting your key line.
That's why I asked you to unplug everything.  So if it is doing this with
everything unplugged but power and antenna, I'd start tracing the key lines
and see what is causing that short.

Barry N1EU

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 8:28 AM, Dick Coates <dick at mbtsa.co.za> wrote:

> Yes it does - a string of dits
>
> Dick   ZS6BUN
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Orion [mailto:orion-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry
> N1EU
> Sent: 26 March 2015 13:39 PM
> To: orion at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Orion] Orion 565 locks in CW tx mode
>
> If you turn ON the internal keyer, does the rig xmit a string of dits
> or dahs instead of a continuous carrier in UCW/LCW?
>
> Barry N1EU
>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 2:17 AM, Dick Coates <dick at mbtsa.co.za> wrote:
>
> > Morning Barry.  I did as you recommended and the radio still
> > switches
> into
> > key down CW.   Sherman, I've reset the User1 and User2 parameters to
> > "default values".  Jack, thanks for the suggestions: I replaced the
> > battery about 18 months ago, at the same time as I replaced the
> > display and the horrible Molex was replaced with an Anderson about 3
> years
> > ago !
> >
> > My wife tells me "I'm one of a kind" but I'm sure somebody somewhere
> > must have had the same problem.  The last thing I want to do is put
> > in a box and send it all the way to Sevierville.  Paul's
> > recommendation was a Master Reset but that did nothing for the problem.
> >
> > Everything else is fine !
> >
> > 73   Dick  ZS6BUN
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Orion [mailto:orion-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry
> > N1EU
> > Sent: 25 March 2015 16:30 PM
> > To: orion at contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [Orion] Orion 565 locks in CW tx mode
> >
> > Turn the Internal Keyer to "off" in the CW Menu.
> >
> > There's no way a Keying Loop setting is going to force the rig to
> > transmit, or am I missing something?
> >
> > With everything unplugged except a dummy load and power supply, and
> > with internal keyer "off", the rig still locks in transmit in cw mode?
> >
> > Barry N1EU
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Dick Coates <dick at mbtsa.co.za> wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks Sherman,  the question then is  "what are the "right" or
> > > "default"
> > > settings ?
> > >
> > > Dick, ZS6BUN
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Sherman Banks [mailto:w4atl at shermanbanks.net]
> > > Sent: 25 March 2015 16:06 PM
> > > To: Dick Coates
> > > Subject: Re: [Orion] Orion 565 locks in CW tx mode
> > >
> > > I seem to remember a setting in the keying loop or keyer in the
> > > menus that would get it in that condition. Go through the TX menu
> > > and make sure the settings are right or at their default setting.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Mar 25, 2015, at 9:39 AM, Dick Coates <dick at mbtsa.co.za> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Thanks Barry. I'm sure I've done that but I'll do it again just
> > > > to make sure !
> > > >
> > > > Dick  ZS6BUN
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Orion [mailto:orion-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> > > > Barry N1EU
> > > > Sent: 25 March 2015 13:07 PM
> > > > To: orion at contesting.com
> > > > Subject: Re: [Orion] Orion 565 locks in CW tx mode
> > > >
> > > > First thing I would do is unplug everything from the radio
> > > > except antenna and power.  Then check if it still behaves like that.
> > > >
> > > > 73, Barry N1EU
> > > >
> > > >> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 3:00 AM, Dick Coates <dick at mbtsa.co.za>
> > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> I have an Orion 565 with firmware 3.032x5. When I select mode
> > > >> UCW or LCW the txcvr immediately goes into tx and transmits a
> > > >> continuous carrier and locks in this mode until I change back
> > > >> to USB
> > or
> > > >> LSB.
> > > >>
> > > >> If the rig in in USB or LSB  as soon as I use the tuner the rig
> > > >> locks again.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> I seem to recall this started after I inadvertently pressed
> > > >> User1 or
> > > >> User2  when keying in UCW (but I’m not 100% sure)  I have tried
> > > >> a Master Reset and also reloading the firmware buit this
> > > >> doesn’t fix the problem.  Any bright ideas out there please?
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> 73  Dick  ZS6BUN
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Dick Coates
> > > >>
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