[TenTec] Ten-Tec service

[mcelmer1]

I narrowed the problem to the A9 based on the symptoms I seen on the radio. 
No 5 volts from A9 is not a good thing. However, this time I am uncertain if 
the capacitors are the culprit. From a extremely knowledgeable source and my 
experience, losing the 5V is uncommon. Gotta wait til Ten Tec repairs the 
board.

As I previously mentioned, the capacitors for some reasoncontinye to be the 
problem and this is the 3rd board that has been repaired.  I would like to 
get my hands on a A9 or at least have the caps on hand.

Another problem that has me climbing the walls is intermittent failure of 
the sub-receiver. Most of time it is inop. I pulled the ribbon cable on the 
screen and cleaned it but still the damn thing will not work. The reset dog 
and pony show does not fix it.

Thanks for the input,

Mike
W8TRN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John T. Fleming" <john at w3gqj.net>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 10:27
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec service


> Mike,
>
> Check your A9 board. I had trouble with my Orion display and was coming by
> Ten-Tec so I dropped of the radio and had them also look at some other
> items. I asked them to check the A9 board because the rig was about 10 
> years
> old. They only change 2 of the capacitors on the board. Shortly after I 
> got
> home, the screen started acting up again. I ordered a new A9 board and the
> radio has since been fine. I just recently sold my old A9 board and the
> buyer intends to replace all of the capacitors on the board.
>
> 73,
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of mcelmer1
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 11:44 AM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec service
>
> About a month ago, a board in my 7+ year old Orion 1 failed. Called Paul 
> to
> determine if they could repair the board - I was 98% sure the tech could 
> but
> simply wanted to be certain.
>
> I mailed it yesterday and expect to have it re-installed in Orion next
> Friday.
>
> The other issue was the screen which has a reputation for failure. The
> original manufacturer no longer supplied the screen which left Ten Tec
> scrambling and searching for a new supplier. They found one.
>
> Perhaps they could have blown off finding a new supplier and told owners
> "sorry about that - you have a $2000 or so paper weight".
>
> Mike
> W8TRN
>
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