[TenTec] Orion 565 no audio or transmit

[Barry N1EU]

Very well done John!  Good job of sticking with it!

73,
Barry N1EU

On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 8:45 PM, John Huffman <hjohnc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Barry -
>
> It appears that I have fixed it.  At least for the last hour or so. Fingers
> crossed.
>
> I took off the front panel and undid the connectors and cables.  I used a
> small brush to coat the pins with Deoxit.  Plugged and unplugged them ten
> times (thanks Carl N4PY).  No joy.
>
> Today I started on the boards.  I unscrew the board, coat the pins of the
> connector that plugs into the back plane, exercise them 10 times, and screw
> the board back in.
>
> I started with A9 since I suspected it was a power issue.  No joy there.
>
> I next went to the board next to A9 on the bottom towards the front.  No
> joy.  Flipped the radio over.
>
> Did the front left board (IF?).  No joy.
>
> Did the right front board (under the speaker).  It's alive!!!
>
> The problem had progressed by that time so that it only took a short while
> for the problem to appear if it was not there when you first turn it on.
> Thus, I could test after each board cleaning.
>
> As usual with my troubleshooting, I don't know what that board does or why
> it caused the problem.  But, I did the things I could that were within my
> abilities and many times that works.
>
> I'm just hoping that I won't have to take all this back if the problem
> reappears.  If it does, my troubleshooting will be limited the boxing it up
> and sending it to Ten Tec.
>
> Many thanks for the interest and suggestions from you and others here.
> Without that support I would probably have just boxed it up to begin with.
>
> 73 de K1ESE
> John
>
>
>
>
> On 5/15/2013 7:21 PM, Barry N1EU wrote:
>>
>> John, let us know what happens after the connector reseating.
>>
>>
>
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