[TenTec] Orion II A9 Board Failure...Again!

[Alan Sewell N5NA]

For Firefox users like myself, you'll need to use Internet Explorer to 
view Ron's web page on this fix.  Firefox does not support the .mht format.

73,

Alan  N5NA

http://www.tentecwiki.org



Ron Castro wrote:
> About 10 months ago, the capacitors on the A9 Power Distribution board failed, and I sent the radio back to the factory to get it fixed.  Well, just 10 months later, the same thing happened again.  This time, I decided to fix it myself with premium capacitors purchased through Mouser.  The fix worked!  The 470 uf, 16 Volt, 85 degree C caps, C6, C7 and C9 were replaced with ultra-low ESR 50 Volt, 105 degree C units that fit perfectly in the board.  
>
> I have a whole page on my website for anyone interested, including pictures and ordering information for the caps.  Hopefully, these will last longer than the first two sets!
>
> http://n6ie.com/A9_Board.mht
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