Well, it finally happened to me after owning the Orion for almost one year.
The band appeared to have gone dead. I was listening to 40 meters for about
an hour with the NR on and set to 2. All signals disappeared.
Believing that 40 meters went south, I switched to 20 meters, and heard weak
signals for a few seconds. Then the receiver appeared to go dead, but with
background noise similar to band (atmospheric) noise that weak. However,
there was no signals no matter where I tuned across the 20 meter band.
Switching antennas (3 element yagi on 20/15/10, and 80/40/24 meter dipoles)
resulted in no signals but still had like weak atmospheric noise.
Switched back to 40 meters and then right back to 20 meters; the signals
were there. Switching back to 40 meters I was receiving strong signals.
Note that I never performed a 'radio reboot.' Just switched between 20/40
meter bands.
Running software version 1.371; this is the first time that I have noticed
any problems with the Orion.......
Ron .... NU1U
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