[TenTec] Ailing Orion 565

[mcelmer1]

Gotta love these guys! They screw up and we pay the freight. Happened to me 
3 ( yes 3) times last year.  Must be my Polish heritage cuz I keep on going 
back for more punishment.

W8TRN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Reed O. Krenn" <reed_ww3a at alltel.net>
To: "TEN TEC Reflector" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 7:45 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Ailing Orion 565


> Greetings, O wise and gracious Orion afficiandos:
>
> My Orion 565 coughed up a hairball this afternoon. I turned the rig off
> after it had been on for several hours and shortly after caught a whiff
> of something electrical burning. I eventually traced the smell back to
> the Orion, and when I turned it back on, it came up displaying V 2.04b3
> firmware (it was recently modified at the factory), but the S meter
> backlight doesn't come on, and there is no audio from either receiver.
> It appears to be receiving signals, and the sweep works, and there is no
> RF out when I transmit.A Master Reset provided no improvement. The smell
> seems to be coming from the front panel assembly, though there are no
> obvious signs of overheating.
>
> Has anyone experienced this failure before? Is a trip to the
> 'mothership' in order?
>
> Reed / WW3A
>
> -- 
> Reed O. Krenn
> reed_ww3a at alltel.net
>
>
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