[TenTec] Orion II Power Up Problem

Lee WA3FIY wa3fiy at radioadv.com
Tue Jul 1 13:37:17 EDT 2014


How about the memory battery?  A new battery in my Orion Classic cured a number of 
strange happenings. 

73,

-Lee-
WA3FIY


On 30 Jun 2014 at 20:11, Bernie Skoch via TenTec wrote:

> I have searched the archives (admitedly briefly) and haven't found
> this problem.
> 
> 
> On power-up the first thing in the morning or after an extended
> power-off, everything boots normally, but the sweep shows no signals
> and the receiver is deaf.  But with 100% reliability, a power-off
> followed by a second power-on makes everything perfect.  
> 
> 
> This seems to have coincided with my loading version 3.033xd firmware
> a few weeks ago (yes, I am a late adopter), but I can't swear to it.
> 
> 
> The symptoms seem similar to the A9 power distribution board issue I
> have read about, but not quite.
> 
> 
> Does anyone have any experience with a similar problem?
> 
> 
> Thanks for any hints before I call Ten Tec.
> 
> 
> 73,
> Bernie
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