[TenTec] Orion Receiver Dying

[Ron Castro]

That doesn't sound like the typical A9 power board problem...you may have 
something else going on.

            Ron N6IE
       www.N6IE.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K8JDC" <K8JDC at sbcglobal.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 4:20 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion Receiver Dying


> Friends,
>
>     My Orion started acting up today.  Basically, the receiver is
> either dead at turn-on or it dies after a few minutes.  The S-meter
> freezes and the receive audio stops.  The menus and buttons still work
> fine and the display looks perfectly normal.  It's just not processing
> any RF.
>
>     Does this sound like the power board caps?
>
>     I have done multiple master resets, multiple RAM resets, and
> multiple software re-loads but it still doesn't want to work.  I've also
> tried a different power supply.  FWIW, I have never replaced the backup
> battery in mine either.  I'm not sure what the symptoms are of the
> battery failing.
>
> Dave
> K8JDC
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