[TenTec] Orion 1 RIT problem

[John T. Fleming]

Tim,

There must be a plate through involved with the RIT control.  Mine started
acting up shortly after I bought my Orion in 2003.  I eventually removed the
top and bottom covers and removed the 10 screws that held on the front
panel.  I used my pencil soldering iron and re-heated the pins for the RIT
control.  It worked fine until earlier this week when I pushed the knob to
reset it back to ZERO.  Then it started acting up again.  Yesterday, I went
through the same process again and now the control is working fine.  Be
careful when re-heating the pins.  3 of them are close together.

You can do the repair by just laying the front panel on the knobs and do not
have to unplug anything.  Good luck.

73,
John

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of k3hx at juno.com
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 2:56 PM
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] Orion 1 RIT problem


My Orion 1 has a problem wherein the RIT-XIT is intermittant or 

inoperative.

I think this has been discussed here before but I'm unable to locate it.

72,

tim


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