[TenTec] sick Orion

[Lewis Arthur R]

Ralph

I would wait until TT had the display parts and then ship it to them. I have had good experience with TT service and their repair bills are fair. Let them go through the entire unit.

Good Luck

Art WA8VSJ




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From: Ralph Matheny K8RYU <mathenyr at marietta.edu>
To: tentec at contesting.com
Sent: Tue, January 19, 2010 11:03:29 PM
Subject: [TenTec] sick Orion

Before I ship it off, I thought I would shoot out a message and see if this is
one that can be delt with here.

My Orion has no RF output, appears to draw current in transmit, heat sink gets warm
and I suspect would get hot if left on for a long period.  The display indicates
"HIGH SWR" when the unit is placed in transmit.  I suspect the TR switch is not
working.  I'm thinking TR relay.

The unit has some other problems, which may be in part related.  It needs a new display,
and TT says those are out of stock as of a few weeks back.  I was planning to replace 
the display here, but after this failure I'd perhaps send the unit to TT service.  If the
display is still not available, they would not be able to do that job while there, so
I'd still have to do that task here.  The radio has also had problems with power control,
which I have traced to a bad pot on the PA board.  A little nudge on that pot a few weeks
back seemed to clear that problem, but I have seen that again this week.  The power 
control problem had been blamed on software (V1.372) until this past fall when I discovered
that the problem could be cleared by bumping the top of the radio.

Thoughts?



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