[TenTec] ORION died

[Reg Unsworth]

I had a vaguely similar experience with my (now) 20 month old Orion.  It 
just died on receive.  I wasn't transmitting.  Similar symptoms to yours 
with the red led - including all the green ones around cut/pbt/bw being 
dimly lit.  There was also a narrow horizontal thin black band across the 
centre of the main display.  As it was still just in warranty I took it back 
to the distributor.  Having phoned ahead with the symptoms, they had a good 
idea of the fix as they had had a similar problem previously.  It took them 
about 30 minutes to fix.  I think they replaced a failed (burnt out) c 
somewhere (can't remember  exactly now)  I should think TT will know about 
it if it is the same problem or you could try here http://www.aoruk.com/

73

Reg
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pfizenmayer" <pfizenmayer at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Carl Moreschi" <n4py at arrl.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" 
<tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 3:35 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION died


> Think you are probably right Carl - at least hopefully -(it has gotten 
> even worse now so looks very much like a regulator going kaput ) - but I 
> just looked at the 81917A7 CPU/DSP regulator schematic  and they are 
> things I cannot get locally tomorrow and get them installed by 2pm so I 
> guess I will set the O aside and hook up my TR7/R7.But maybe I can avoid a 
> trip back to TT with it. Besides I am not looking forward to pulling the 
> front panel again to get to those regulators!
>
> 73 de Hank K7HP
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Carl Moreschi" <n4py at arrl.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 8:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION died
>
>
>> It sounds like an internal voltage regulator is messed up to me.  I would
>> check all the internal voltages from the regulators.
>>
>> Carl Moreschi N4PY
>> 121 Little Bell Drive
>> Bell Mountain
>> Hays, North Carolina 28635
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Pfizenmayer" <pfizenmayer at worldnet.att.net>
>> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 9:07 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION died
>>
>>
>>> Any real Orion Gurus have any ideas - This afternoon I was working a guy
>> on
>>> 20 cw noticed the LCD display was blinking with keying . Tried changing
>>> contrast etc etc no help. Looked at PS current - was under 20 amps key
>>> down - power just under 100 watts . Tried into dummy load same LCD
>>> flickering , same currents and power.
>>>
>>> Tried other bands - no difference - Tried reducing power - no difference
>> in
>>> flickering until under 16 relative power setting. Decided to check power
>>> supply (ASTRON 35 M ) voltage drops under load and fuse and DC supply -
>> all
>>> looked OK. less than half volt from 13.8 to 13.3 .
>>>
>>> Turned off and mulled a bit - tried turning it back on and now it will 
>>> not
>>> boot - treid doing a RAM clear - could faintly see battery message at 
>>> top
>> .
>>> OFF and ON and no difference will not boot. Tried a master reset - 
>>> cannot
>> do
>>> it.
>>>
>>> When the thing comes on the red ALC LED lights dimly - - the SYSTEM
>> LOADING
>>> message shows up  dimly then fades out in about two or three contrast
>> steps
>>> every 5 seconds - repeats - sometimes the Smeter will light up breifly , 
>>> a
>>> relay clicks and it repeats but this is random. I might also note the 
>>> LCD
>>> display is sort of blue at turn on the goes to grey and black.
>>>
>>> Any ideas for me tonight - ??? . It worked fine all weekend last weekend
>> in
>>> CQWWPH.Worked fine all week on random qso's - all cw.
>>>
>>> Looks like I am most likely back to my TR7 for CWSS.
>>>
>>>
>>> ???? Thanks _ Hank K7HP
>>>
>>>
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