[TenTec] Orion 565 doesn't work anymore.

[Gary Follett]

Good point Bill. 

As Ten Tec ALWAYS told folks on the phone, if you are having trouble with just about anything regarding flakey problems like this, recap the A9 board.

I have cured several Orion’s with this repair.

Gary

W0DVN

> On Dec 15, 2019, at 2:27 PM, Bill Cotter <n4lg at qx.net> wrote:
> 
> Enzo,
> 
> My Orion-II had exactly the same symptoms, on a couple of occasions. The master resets helped for a while, then the same problem came back. Looking at the DC power cable connector, it was fine. So, I opened it up.
> 
> The first thing I did was to replace ALL the electrolytic capacitors on the A9 power supply board with high-quality 105C capacitors. I then checked both batteries (CPU & AT), and replaced them. The last thing I did was to DeOxit ALL connectors in the radio (quite a job). It has never had a problem since.
> 
> 73 Bill N4LG
> 
> 
> At 12:10 PM 12/15/2019, you wrote:
>> Hallo everyone,
>> 
>> I'm a happy owner of a Orion since 2005. Today, while it was transmitting my home energy was suddenly interrupted. After switching the RTX  on, it started behaving in a strange way: both VFO seems ok but no band reception; only the buttons around the display are active, the others don't  work; no transmission. I performed a Master Reset and then a Ram Clear (followed by a master reset). Now it switch on, the volume goes up an down, some noise comes out from the speaker, but the 20m are silent, only electronic noise.
>> 
>> Is there any clue to bring it alive again?
>> 
>> Thanks and 73 de IK3SWB, Enzo.
>> 
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