[TenTec] Orion heating pad?

[denton]

I have an Orion that sounds funny until it warms up a bit...sounds like the 
pll is drifting and then snaps back to feq and also sounds like it is on the 
wrong sideband...after the rigs is on for about 5 minutes, it runs normally 
after a reboot.

Until I get better information to diagnose the problem, I am thinking of 
putting a small pet heating pad underneath the rig when the Orion is off. 
Anyone try this before?

I guess it would not hurt to leave the rig on all the time hooked up to a 
dummy load.