[TenTec] Odd sound coming from my Orion 565

[Steven Kline]

Eric,

Just recently I had my Orion 565 in for some work.  When I got it back and put it on the desk.  I had the clicks that you may be describing as I turned the encoders.  First time ever hearing that type noise out of 565 or 566.  I ended up doing both a Master and Ram reset and that took care of the problem.  Use the radio continuously since then and it has never re-occurred.

Steve - W5JK


On Dec 16, 2013, at 5:36 PM, Eric Rosenberg <ericrosenberg.dc at gmail.com> wrote:

> After a a long layoff, I was back on the air this weekend for the 10m
> contewet. The shack configuratioin has changed a slight bit (a new computer
> and N1MM instead of WriteLog), but that's it. I have been successfully
> using a MicroHam Microkeyer II for some time.
> 
> Early in the contest, the radio went deaf, but both a Master and RAM reset
> cured that (although I wish it hadn't happened!).
> 
> After the contest, I shut everything down. A few hours later, when I turned
> the radio back on, it sounded like internal relays were clicking as I
> turned the VFO encoders or other knobs. Ratatat-tat -- the sound (for those
> old enough to remember) of a baseball card hitting the spokes of your
> bicycle wheel. Not the heavy/clunky sound of an amplifier relay.
> 
> The radio seemed otherwise okay, although I didn't transmit with it. Resets
> did not change  anything.
> 
> Does anyone have any idea what could be going on?
> 
> 73, Eric W3DQ
> Washington,DC
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