[TenTec] Orion freezes due to RFI??

[Jeff Griffin]

  I had the same problem during the CQWW contest. I realized afterwards that
I had selected the wrong antenna on 40m running a KW. I blew the Orion's
memory away and had to do a reset. No big deal, and it was caused by my own
carelessness. It was a little scarey though, as the Orion would change
frequency while transmitting! A possible s/w fix would prevent this?
  I just worked the entire  ARRL 10m contest this weekend without glitch.
Only problem I now have is an intermittent with the headphone audio in the
left channel. When I return to traveling at work I will send it in under
warranty. It is a minor inconvenience as I have to leave the Orion up. If I
turn it off overnight or something 50% of the time I have to go through a
warm-up procedure of several hours before the problem goes away. This is
fine for now but won't work in the summer with thunderstorms.

73 Jeff kb2m

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <K4IA at aol.com>
> Reading the posts about Orion freezes, burps and anomalies, with the usual
> fix being a power reset, made me wonder...
> Is it possible these issues are not software related at all but RF getting
> into the brains of the radio?  Is the appropriate treatment better
grounding and
> RFI management in the shack?  Perhaps the Orion needs better shielding of
the
> critical areas and RF chokes on everything in and out?