[TenTec] Orion II: Flaky Multi encoder

[Barry N1EU]

Eric, I believe Gary is offering an original encoder (no detents) and there
never was a part number visible on them, but I know it was a discontinued
part.

The only available new part replacement that we know of (Bourns) has
detents.

As far as how hard they are to replace, I would have to characterize it as
an "involved" replacement because so much disassembly of the front panel is
required to get down to the encoder board.

The fact that Bob's encoder started working again is no guarantee IMHO of
how long it will continue to function.  The "connector issues" affecting
encoder function are more typically seen with the Orion 565 than the Orion
II 566.

Barry N1EU

On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 12:12 AM, Eric Rosenberg <ericrosenberg.dc at gmail.com>
wrote:

> What's the part # for the one you have?
>
> Detents or no detents? I replaced the ones in my O565 with the version
> w/detents.
>
> 73,
> Eric W3DQ
>
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> Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 20:53:48 -0600
> From: Dukes HiFi <dukeshifi at comcast.net>
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion II: Flaky Multi encoder
>
> They are not as hard to replace as they look.
>
> I have one more left at $25 shipped.
>
> Gary
>
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> Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 20:53:48 -0600
> From: Dukes HiFi <dukeshifi at comcast.net>
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> They are not as hard to replace as they look.
>
> I have one more left at $25 shipped.
>
> Gary
>
>
> > On Mar 2, 2017, at 4:52 PM, P C Andy Anderson <xtraham58 at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >  ________________________________
> > From: TenTec <tentec-bounces at contesting.com> on behalf of Bob, W3IDT
> > <w3idt at comcast.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 2, 2017 4:19 PM
> > To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> > Subject: [TenTec] Orion II: Flaky Multi encoder
> >
> > My MULTI encoder is "flaky": Sometimes moving only a few digits (say
> > for MIC Gain only 38 - 41); other times working fine.
> >
> > I found a note from 2012 suggesting twisting it 20 -30 times, and
> > blowing dust from inside the radio.
> >
> > Any other suggestions (since 2012)?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Bob, w3idt
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> >
> > .............................
> > . Robert F. Teitel, W3IDT   .
> > .                           .
> > . W3IDT at arrl.net            .
> > . W3IDT at comcast.net         .
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