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

[Ron Castro]

I just changed that page to .html, so it should work with Firefox.

         Ron  N6IE
      www.N6IE.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Sewell N5NA" <alan.n5na at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion II A9 Board Failure...Again!


> 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
>>
>>          Ron   N6IE
>>       www.N6IE.com
>>
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