[TenTec] Orion in action

[Bob Henderson]

I've been absent a while as we've been off touring ZL and a little of 
VK.  I terminated all my reflector subscriptions before we left in an 
attempt to avoid a mailbox overflow.  I'm just getting around to 
re-establishing myself now we're back at the ranch here.

Just thought I would let you know I got around to giving my Orion an 
airing in the Russian DX contest over the weekend.  I operated SOAB CW 
and the Orion performed very well.  The result seems to confirm that.

SOAB CW World record for RDXC was set in 2003 by LZ9W and stands at:

Qs - 2068,  Mults - 538 and Score 7,025,204

My claimed score this year with Orion is:

Qs - 2570, Mults - 574, Score 11,050,074

The Orion performed flawlessly from my perspective.  The only concern I 
have is that post contest I've had a couple of folks tell me that there 
was noticeable clipping of character elements when I sent at high 30s - 
40 wpm.  Looking back at some of the stuff in the archives that I missed 
while I was away, I see a note from Sinisa referring to this clipping 
problem.  I didn't find too much by way of follow up to that analysis 
though.  Sinisa's analysis and the comments I have received this weekend 
are consistent and certainly suggest some work is needed on this.

Have I missed something?

Bob, 5B4AGN, P3F