[TenTec] orion sweep mod, questions...

[Mary Ann Higgins]

HI KEN UR RIGHT - MY SWEEP NOT RIGHT ALSO -  TT KNOWS ABOUT IT AND A FIX
IS COMIMG SOON.  MY HW MOD WAS DONE BY TT.  HOPE U DIDN'T PULL OUT TOO
MUCH HAIR !!   HI HI  RAY  W1JUS.

On 2/22/06, Ken Brookner <kenb at brookner.com> wrote:
> first, i apologize if this shows up twice; i posted it last night but never
> saw it appear on the list...
>
> i have the original orion and i have installed the v2 beta firmware.  other
> than some of the nits mentioned here, i have no major problems.  i do have
> quite a bit of s-meter variance depending upon how my bandwidth is set.
> that's definitely different than with the v1.372 i was running before.
>
> last night i did the sweep mod.  pretty straightforward and the excellent
> documentation from tentec leaves almost no room for error.  in my former
> career i did this type of work all the time and this is a really simple
> modification.
>
> my problem is that though the sweep will now turn on under the v2 beta
> firmware, all i see is noise.  i can tune across strong signals, but they do
> not appear on the sweep.  i've done a master reset and regressed to the
> 1.372 firmware, also with a master reset (memories and filters too), but the
> results are the same--sweep with only noise.
>
> i've rechecked my mod and ohmed the trace cuts to insure that they are
> really cut--they are.  i've rechecked and reseated all of the connectors
> disconnected during the procedure.
>
> tentec service hasn't heard of this happening with the sweep mod before.
>
> any ideas?
>
> thanks
> kenb ky5g
>
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