[TenTec] Orion 1 2.055 in the VA QSo party

[K4IA at aol.com]

Running for about 36 hours in the VA QSO party I had the following  issues:
 
1.  3 instances of lost receive audio -- solved by turning radio off  and on. 
 This was a common occurrence under pre - 1.371 and has  returned.
 
2.  Erratic monitor volume -suddenly loud or feeding back for no  reason -- 
setting kept changing throughout the weekend eventually settling on a  setting 
of 2 out of 100 to get it under control. Sidetone setting reduced to 7  out of 
100.
 
3.  noisy crackly sounding receive audio solved by spinning the volume  knob 
up and down
 
4.  Completely ineffective NR.  Please bring back 1.371!
 
5.  The radio sounded way too hot -- like the preamp was on and the  front 
end overloaded with static and noise.  Changing the RF gain or  settings in the 
AGC did not cure.  
 
 
Just the facts - 
 
 
K4ia  "Buck"
Fredericksburg, Virginia USA