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From: denton sprague <denton@oregontrail.net>
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Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 18:00:02 -0800
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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> 
> wrote:
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> I do have a complete com board for an Orion…
> 
> 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.
>> 
>> Rafael A Peña
>> NN3RP
>> Washington, DC
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