[TenTec] ORION died

[k4ia at aol.com]

 Check that flimsy little power plug and socket on the back of the radio. I found that the pins on mine had gotten compressed and it wasn't making a good contact. My power supply was producing the needed power but it wasn't getting to the radio. In fact the plug was black on the inside from arcing. I used a small screwdriver to expand the pins (they have a slot in the middle) on the radio socket and cleaned it with a bit of emory cloth jammed in the socket. After that it worked fine.
 
 I believe the wire TT supplies and the plug/socket are sub-par for the amount of current this radio draws.
 
 Let us know if that helps.
 
 k4ia
 Buck
 Fredericksburg VA
    
 -----Original Message-----
 From: pfizenmayer at worldnet.att.net
 To: tentec at contesting.com
 Sent: Fri, 3 Nov 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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