[TenTec] [orion565] RE: Various Sites

[Bob McGraw K4TAX]

My basic suggestion...... clean internal connectors.  

I've made multiple suggestions on this point. 

Bob, K4TAX


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> On Sep 11, 2018, at 5:01 PM, 'Wes Attaway (N5WA)' wesattaway at bellsouth.net [orion565] <orion565 at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
> To Bob and anyone else who wants to comment.
> 
> I have an Orion-1 that works fine and it has an internal antenna tuner. At
> one point 3 or 4 years ago the tuner stopped working. TenTec told me to
> change the battery in the tuner circuit but this made no difference and the
> tuner still didn't work. I did the A9 board mod and also the Molex power
> cord mod but this made no difference to the tuner.
> 
> A year or so ago I purchased an Orion-2 and started using it and put the
> Orion-1 back in its box and put it in the attic.
> 
> A couple of months ago I took the Orion-2 off-line to replace the A9 board
> capacitors and to also remove the Molex power cord socket. I put the
> Orion-1 back on line and it worked fine, and the tuner now worked. However,
> after a few weeks the tuner again stopped working.
> 
> The tuner itself may be fine and the problem might simply with whatever
> signal source is activating it.
> 
> Does anyone on the list have any ideas about this?
> 
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> Wes Attaway (N5WA)
> (318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA
> Computer/Cellphone Forensics
> AttawayForensics.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bob McGraw
> K4TAX
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 4:40 PM
> To: Tentec Radio Net; orion565 at yahoogroups.com; TenTec at yahoogroups.com;
> Tentec at contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] Various Sites
> 
>  There are several very active discussion groups found under Tentec on 
> the GROUPS.IO sites.    If looking for information regarding upgrades, 
> firmware, history and such relating to Tentec, these are good places to 
> look.
> 
> In spite of what many say and have said...........Tentec business is 
> alive and well.  They are building commercial products, repairing ham 
> radios and offering some accessory items on the Tentec.COM website.  
> However, there are no ham radios in production or for sale at this time.
> 
> And if I can assist, I'm always glad to do so.
> 
> 73
> 
> Bob, K4TAX
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