[TenTec] Fw: Orion RIT/XIT

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

If "massaging" connector pins works, I'd suggest a quarter drop of 
DeoxIT on each pin before the massaging to make the "massaging" more 
effective and longer lasting.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 3/26/2010 3:48 PM, Ron Castro wrote:
> Art:
>
> The problem was originally believed to be in the "A" connector from the
> board where the RIT is to the logic board.  That's a good place to start,
> but I found later that the real culprit, at least in my case, was one of the
> "board-to-board" connectors that the A connector is on.  It's hard to work
> on those pins, but with a little careful nudging of the boards, you can fix
> the problem.  My original post on that is below.
>
>              Ron N6IE
>         www.N6IE.com
>
> The connector that has been mentioned that caused the problem can be seen in
> the picture on page 4 of the Orion (565) V2 Logic Mod.  It's the connector
> marked A.  I checked the straightness of all of the pins and slightly bent
> the ones the original post mentioned but found the 'fix' only worked for a
> short time.  I opened the radio again and found a connector on the same
> board that was not connected to a ribbon cable, but rather connected two
> boards together.  I very carefully 'massaged' the boards to exercise the
> connector pins and that fixed the problem for good!  It's probably been a
> year since I did that and no further problems.
>
>
>
>
>>
>> I just started having a problem with the Orion RIT/XIT. This unit is about
>> 6 yearrs old and always worked well, but it just lost its ability to use
>> the RIT/XIT.
>>
>> It seems I remember seeing this problem some time ago on the Ten Tec
>> Internet reflector, but I do not remember the fix.
>>
>> Art WA8VSJ
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