[TenTec] Orion sub receiver getting no signals

[mcelmer1]

I have posted this a few times: the sub receiver on my Orion 1 has been dead 
most of its life. A couple of trips to Ten Tec, works for a week or two then 
dead.  Last time it worked was at least 3 years ago.

Done the ribbon cable song and dance and checked for loose connectors etc. 
Still a no go. All I get is a hissing sound but no audio.

Mike
W8TRN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "denton sprague" <denton at oregontrail.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 11:59
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion sub receiver getting no signals


yet another follow up…
lately been noticing that the sub receiver is deaf until the rig warms 
up…then have to go to 20 meters via sub receiver, switch between sub rx 
buttons, listen for hash on the VFO A sub receiver setting, go back to VFO B 
sub rx button then reboot the rig…..
then the sub receiver will operate normally.
still feels like connector corrosion problems.
will probably open up the rig, clean and re-seat the cables and connectors 
in a couple of months if don’t sell the rig.
 Have an Orion II coming in a couple of days, so my time will be tied up 
with it.

> On Oct 21, 2015, at 11:01 AM, denton sprague <denton at oregontrail.net> 
> wrote:
>
> 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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