[TenTec] Orion power Connector - A Weal Link

[K4IA at aol.com]

Anyone else have trouble with their power connector?
 
I think the thing is horribly undersized/underrated. I had trouble  from the 
beginning and ditched the wimpy wire that came with the Orion and  am using 
the power cable that came with an Argo V - surprisingly enough the Argo  (a 20w 
rig) cable was beefier than the cable that came with my Orion!
 
Problem is the low-budget 2 pin jack that goes into the radio.  Mine  gets 
hot and the pins are black.  Now the power will cut off on me when it  starts to 
transmit.  I can go back and wiggle it around, expand the slots  in the pins 
in the jack to make it fit tighter, but it works loose after time  and starts 
acting up again.
 
Any fixes?  Am I the only one?  

k4ia
Craig  "Buck"
Fredericksburg, Virginia USA

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