[TenTec] Repair history for Orion

[Bruce McLaughlin]

Well, I do not use my Orion II as much as I might because I have several
other radios in the shack.  However, I have been very lucky.  The only issue
I have had was consistent RF getting into the ear phone circuit.  TenTec
sent me a small circuit board to be installed inside the rig.  I did so and
completely cured the problem.  I understand that circuit is now installed on
a standard basis for all current production Orions.  I can't tell you
exactly when I purchased the radio but believe it was sometime in 2005.

Bruce-W8FU


-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Arthur Lewis
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 8:32 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Repair history for Orion

John

My Orion went back for a main receiver encoder in 2007. Purchased in 2003. 
Been fine ever since.

            Art WA8VSJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John K Gotwals" <john at gotwals.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 12:25 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Repair history for Orion


> Listed below is the repair history for my Orion. I have been very happy 
> with
> Ten-Tec's service, but I am curious if my service history for my Orion
> approximates the experiences of others.
>
> Orion purchased new from factory in August, 2005
> Replaced fried logic board components in March, 2007
> Replaced bad capacitors on power distribution board in July, 2007
> Replaced bad display and bw encoder in December, 2008
>
> Luckily it is only a one-hour drive from my house to Ten-Tec, so I did not
> need to go through the pain of packing  and unpacking the Orion for 
> shipment
> by carrier.
>
> Does this repair history seem about right for an electronic unit as 
> complex
> as an Orion? I should mention that my operating environment has sometimes
> been in an rf-hot environment.
>
> John, N9JG
>
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