Hmmm. I was using my Orion today and after several hours of use, it
suddenly lost transmit power. It is actually putting out about 1 watt
on all bands...just enough to see if on a 30W scale external meter.
Here's a quick laundry list of things I have tried:
- Tried power off/power on
- Tried master reset
- Tried battery reset + master reset
- Tried downloading new software (twice)
- Tried more master resets
- Tried more battery resets
- Tried more power off cycles
- Tried all bands
- Tried changing power supply
- Checked the fuse
- Re-seated the power connector on the back of the Orion
- Symptoms are the same into dummy load or antenna
- Symptoms are the same into antenna 1 or antenna 2 connectors
- Amp key loops are off
- Tuner is disabled. When enabled, it tunes but no power out (only the
1 watt)
- Have cycled the transmitter disable setting
- Have varied the power setting, used the tune button, tried
microphones, etc. The 1W output is constant regardless of the power
setting...anywhere from 1 to 100 gets 1W out.
Okay, I'm open to ideas. I didn't hear or detect anything when the
power died. No clicking, no hot/burning smell...nothing. I was using
V1.373b5 when it happened so I thought maybe it was a software
flake-out. I downloaded 2.056 and then 1.372...no joy on either.
Sad.
Dave
K8JDC
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