[TenTec] FW: Orion II back from the dead -- NOT

[Lee Armitage]

Grant,

Suggest you contact Paul, W8ZD, phd73 at mindspring.com  who is in the 
processing of replacing the power distribution board in his Orion.

This could perhaps solve your problem also.

73,
Lee N0LYW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t at tx.rr.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 1:32 AM
Subject: [TenTec] FW: Orion II back from the dead -- NOT


> Well, I fired up the II today after not having much time to play radio 
> over
> the Holidays, and guess what.  It worked the first couple of power cycles
> and then ... Dead again.  Once every 15-20 tries to turn it on it will 
> boot
> up after what seems like a longer than usual delay.  Otherwise, it's just
> plain dead -- except for a relay click and the pilot light on the S-Meter.
>
> Maybe this U500 thing was a convenient scapegoat ... And the real problem 
> is
> still lurking in there.
>
> Sigh .... :-(
>
> Grant/NQ5T
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Grant Youngman [mailto:nq5t at tx.rr.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 3:15 PM
> To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'
> Subject: Orion II back from the dead
>
>
> I shipped my dead II to T-T on Dec 5, and got it back working today, 2 
> weeks
> door to door.  Turned out to have been U500 on the logic board.  The 
> really
> good news is that it's the first time in memory I've had something break a
> couple of weeks BEFORE the warranty expired rather than the day AFTER :-)
>
> Pretty good service, I'd have to say.
>
> Grant/NQ5T
>
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