[TenTec] Orion display

[Ralph Matheny]

Thanks, guys.....the caps have been replaced after a failure a few months 
back.  I'm pretty sure the problem has to be with the display itself.  I 
just got word from TT that the display is available at a reasonable price,
so I'll get one in the near future unless something else crops up.



Ralph Matheny
K8RYU
207 Gibbons Place
Marietta Ohio  45750
mathenyr at marietta.edu








On Wed, 18 Feb 2009, Dave Heil wrote:

> Ralph Matheny wrote:
>> I wonder if anybody has successfully changed the display in an Orion in
>> the field.  My display is getting pretty bad (lines, dark places) and I am
>> going to nhave to give in and make a fix.  I hate to ship it back to TT
>> and pay the extra if I can do it here....I'm a pretty good
>> fixer-upper......
>>
>> Comments and pitfalls???
>>
>> Ralph Matheny
>> K8RYU
>> 207 Gibbons Place
>> Marietta Ohio  45750
>> mathenyr at marietta.edu
>
> There's a very good likelihood that it isn't the display but the
> electrolytic caps on the little voltage regulator board.  If you don't
> like the idea of changing the caps, T-T has the populated boards for not
> much more than $40.
>
> 73,
>
> Dave K8MN
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