Reed,
It sounds to me like a homecoming is in order. Letting the smoke out
isn't normal, I hope!
Pat
On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 21:45:02 -0500 "Reed O. Krenn" <reed_ww3a@alltel.net>
writes:
> Greetings, O wise and gracious Orion afficiandos:
>
> My Orion 565 coughed up a hairball this afternoon. I turned the rig
> off
> after it had been on for several hours and shortly after caught a
> whiff
> of something electrical burning. I eventually traced the smell back
> to
> the Orion, and when I turned it back on, it came up displaying V
> 2.04b3
> firmware (it was recently modified at the factory), but the S meter
> backlight doesn't come on, and there is no audio from either
> receiver.
> It appears to be receiving signals, and the sweep works, and there
> is no
> RF out when I transmit.A Master Reset provided no improvement. The
> smell
> seems to be coming from the front panel assembly, though there are
> no
> obvious signs of overheating.
>
> Has anyone experienced this failure before? Is a trip to the
> 'mothership' in order?
>
> Reed / WW3A
>
> --
> Reed O. Krenn
> reed_ww3a@alltel.net
>
>
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