[TenTec] Orion I no tx/rx

[Carl Moreschi]

yes.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
58 Hogwood Rd
Louisburg, NC 27549
www.n4py.com

On 7/10/2014 10:19 AM, Barry N1EU wrote:
> Carl, do you mean the ribbon cable connectors?
>
> Barry N1EU
> <http://www.tentecwiki.org/doku.php?id=565battery>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Carl Moreschi<n4py3 at earthlink.net>  wrote:
>
>> This sounds like the classic dirty connector behind the front panel
>> problem.
>>
>> There's a couple of connectors with about 200 connections on it behind the
>> Orion front panel. There's so many connections that you can get almost any
>> symptom from this. These connections should have been gold but they are
>> not.  So they need to be cleaned.
>>
>> It's actually not very difficult to get to.  You remove the front panel.
>> Then unplug the big connectors and spray them thoroughly with a good
>> electrical contact cleaner.  Then, while they are wet, plug and unplug them
>> about 20 times to clean them.
>>
>> I had this on my Orion when it had intermittent symptoms and this
>> completely fixed it.
>>
>> After doing this do a complete reset as follows:
>>
>> 1) Power off Orion.
>>
>> 2) Power On holding the VFO B LCK button.
>>
>> 3) Continue holding LCK button until the radio says "Battery Failure".
>>
>> 4) Power off Orion.
>>
>> 5) Power on holding "Main RX/TX" button.
>>
>> 6) Continue holding this button until the radio says reset complete.
>>
>> 7) Do not clear any settings when asked to do so.
>>
>> 8) Power the Orion off and back on one more time.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Carl Moreschi N4PY
>> 58 Hogwood Rd
>> Louisburg, NC 27549
>> www.n4py.com
>>
>>
>> On 7/10/2014 10:00 AM, Mike LaRoche 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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