[TenTec] Orion I no tx/rx

[Wade Staggs]

I work with mostly the older radio's but am sure you will get some help
here. I have heard that this can be as simple as an internal Memory Back-UP
Battery. I will keep my toes crossed for you!
                                                                  73 from
Wade/KJ4WS


On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Mike LaRoche <barreherbalist at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I signed up for this mailing list with the hope of never having to ask help
> with a problem....alas this is not to be the case....
> A couple weeks ago I turned on the Orion and it went through the normal
> start-up and I first thought "wow the band is quiet" however the scope was
> flat, no rx, keyed the mike, no tx. After a few frantic minutes checking
> all connections and making sure I didn't change something on the radio
> suddenly it started working FB. About a week later the same thing happened
> but this time it didn't come around on it's own, a few minutes after
> performing a master reset it started working again (WHEW!) A few day ago
> the same thing happened only this time I'm not so lucky and so far hasn't
> worked. A search of the archives found some info on power supply issues
> with a similar condition but switching power supplies didn't help. I had
> not operated the radio between the times the problems occurred. I'm hoping
> one of the many gurus here has the answer!
> Thanks in advance for any help
> 73
> Mike ND1W
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