[TenTec] Ailing Orion 565

[M. P. Haynes]

Reed,

It sounds to me like a homecoming is in order.  Letting the smoke out
isn't normal, I hope!

Pat
 
On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 21:45:02 -0500 "Reed O. Krenn" <reed_ww3a at alltel.net>
writes:
> 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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