[Orion] CW Sidetone problem

[john, ke5c]

> Twice in the last few days my sidetone has gone dead while I was
operating on 40 meter CW. The rig transmits fine, but I can't hear the
sidetone any more. When I cycle the power, the sidetone starts to work
again. Has anyone else had this problem?

yep.  my 1+ year old orion does that every now and then.  i've noticed
no pattern.  another curious thing mine does, sometimes i have no
audio when i power on until i move the audio level control a tad.  i
don't understand folks selling orions to buy orion ii's before we see
if firmware 2 fixes these kinds of things.  if not, i'll be replacing
this thing with a pro iii or maybe at ft2000: it takes more than a
great receiver to make a great radio, tentec.

73, john