[TenTec] ORION I died

[Paul Gates, KD3JF]

I do not know what your problem is other than it still
being the PS. I know others who had problems with the Orion
because of their power supply.

--- Pfizenmayer <pfizenmayer at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> Any real Orion Gurus have any ideas - This afternoon I
> was working a guy on 
> 20 cw noticed the LCD display was blinking with keying .
> Tried changing 
> contrast etc etc no help. Looked at PS current - was
> under 20 amps key 
> down - power just under 100 watts . Tried into dummy load
> same LCD 
> flickering , same currents and power.
> 
> Tried other bands - no difference - Tried reducing power
> - no difference in 
> flickering until under 16 relative power setting. Decided
> to check power 
> supply (ASTRON 35 M ) voltage drops under load and fuse
> and DC supply - all 
> looked OK. less than half volt from 13.8 to 13.3 .
> 
> Turned off and mulled a bit - tried turning it back on
> and now it will not 
> boot - treid doing a RAM clear - could faintly see
> battery message at top . 
> OFF and ON and no difference will not boot. Tried a
> master reset - cannot do 
> it.
> 
> When the thing comes on the red ALC LED lights dimly - -
> the SYSTEM LOADING 
> message shows up  dimly then fades out in about two or
> three contrast steps 
> every 5 seconds - repeats - sometimes the Smeter will
> light up breifly , a 
> relay clicks and it repeats but this is random. I might
> also note the LCD 
> display is sort of blue at turn on the goes to grey and
> black.
> 
> Any ideas for me tonight - ??? . It worked fine all
> weekend last weekend in 
> CQWWPH.Worked fine all week on random qso's - all cw.
> 
> Looks like I am most likely back to my TR7 for CWSS.
> 
> 
> ???? Thanks _ Hank K7HP
> 
> 
> 
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