Wonder whom is the ham that prepared Rafael’s Orion? I would be nice to have a
choice when repairs are needed.
> On Jan 5, 2016, at 5:16 PM, Gary J FollettDukes HiFi <dukeshifi@comcast.net>
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> I do have a complete com board for an Orion…
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> Gary
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>> On Jan 5, 2016, at 8:16 AM, Rafael A. Peña <pinoleronica@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> TT service needs improvement.... I do not mind paying the fees but to have
>> my rig fix and at reasonably time.
>> Recently I went through the ordeal of sending my Orion for a RS232 Com port
>> / no Tx issue. Took TT 3 months to supposely fix the Com problem. The
>> other part was deemed as ....what was that statement? ...."not
>> economically fixable?" I decided I will not go through the hell of
>> spending more time and resources and perhaps use the Orion as a door stop.
>> So I paid them their fees, over $250 which included the shipping back to my
>> QTH.
>> So I received the rig and placed it on my bench...no com was still working
>> and next to that the Main RX had been damaged in the process. I knew I
>> had sent it in for Com and Tx but the Rx was perfectly fine before shipping
>> it...and no, I am not yet forgetting things or losing my mind. Multiple
>> tries in getting answers as to why the RX was also bad generated nothing but
>> me was to be blamed. Curiosity made me open the rig and found a coax (Rcvr
>> Input) disconnected! But reconnecting it did not fix the RX. The rig's
>> Main RX was completely deaf! :(
>> My posting on the yahoo group provided a great resource for the Orion. I
>> sent in the rig to this fellow ham. The same night he received it he was
>> able to determined the RX232 and RX issues. A couple of more days and the
>> radio was back in full swing...these were the parts replaced:
>> 1) Bias IC -1pcs -$12) Bias Transistor -1pcs - $8.53) Driver transistor
>> for PA - 2pcs - $504) RS port - max232 - 1pcs - $2.50 Total is $62
>> ....talking about "economically fixable..."?
>> I hope service gets an overhaul at TT.
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>> Rafael A Peña
>> NN3RP
>> Washington, DC
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