[TenTec] Orion sub receiver getting no signals

[mcelmer1]

I chimed in on this one a few weeks ago.

Same problem since day one. I bought my used Orion 1 from Ten Tec but the 
Sub receiver never worked. A couple of trips to the factory, returned to me 
& it worked for a couple of hours then died.

Resets did not fix the problem.  I may tear down the front panel clean some 
pins and connectors on the board but doubt if that will fix the problem.

Mike
W8TRN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "denton sprague" <denton at oregontrail.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 12:01
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion sub receiver getting no signals


well…shoot..
that lasted all of 1/2 hour!
The past week or so, I has been inoperative on boot up…
and it boots up with swishing noise that repeats itself or it seems to work 
but can’t her anything but background (processor) noise, or receive sigs are 
way down in the background.
So for the time being it will be designated back up rig in the closet…and 
will run my omni 7 for the duration.
I also have a chance ti purchase an unknown condition orion sub receiver 
board but not too sure want to mess with that.
I seems to be something that is not letting the sub receiver board connect 
to the rest of the system correctly..
I have not yet done much in the way of diagnostics…but will take some time 
this fall to pull the sub receive board and see if anything amiss…cold 
solder joints, etc, clean contacts and trace down cabling.

On Oct 12, 2015, at 9:07 AM, denton sprague <denton at oregontrail.net> wrote:

> a little followup..
> sub rx was inoperable this am…booted up with sub rx on ant 1 and vfo b 
> enabled yesterday.
>
> after letting the rig on for about 3 hours, I rebooted the rig with sub rx 
> off on the ant and vfo buttons.
>
> after reboot, enabled sub rx on vfo b and ant 1 buttons. Sub rx now works 
> normally….
>
> On Oct 11, 2015, at 11:27 AM, denton sprague <denton at oregontrail.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> thanks…apparently that was it om!!
>> On Oct 11, 2015, at 11:13 AM, Tim Wininger <ky5rtim at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Need both SUB RX VFO and Ant1 SUB RX depressed.
>>>
>>> That's how I use this sub rcvr hr. Hope it's just that.
>>>
>>> GD Tim, AB4B
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 12:01 PM, denton sprague 
>>> <denton at oregontrail.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi all…my trusty Orion that came back from TT for processor board
>>>> replacement a few months ago seems to have no  receive signals…this
>>>> happened this am when booting up the rig.
>>>> I use ant 1 as main rx/tx as well as sub rx.
>>>> I can hear the sub noise come up when pressing the sub rx button, but
>>>> evidently getting no signals from the antenna.
>>>> I have only one hf antenna.
>>>> Did a master reset to no avail.
>>>> loose cable maybe??
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