You can often solve a lot of extraneous noise in the headphones
problems with the addition of a series resistor in the headphone
circuit. On my Omni VI, I use a 1K resistor in series with my 200
ohm 'phones and it virtually eliminates all hum, buzz, hiss, click kind
of noise, and................provides some hearing protection as well.
73 de Lee, WA3FIY
On 25 Jun 2003 at 20:24, Gary Hoffman wrote:
> Joe,
>
> Sure sounds like RF getting into the headset. I had that problem with a
> headset, and was able to fix it using ferrites.
>
> 73 de Gary, AA2IZ
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe W2KJ" <w2kj@bellsouth.net>
> To: <TenTec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 4:57 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Hiss and click on Orion sidetone
>
>
> > Howdy folks:
> >
> > Just got my Orion after an interminable wait and finally read
> > enough to put it on the air.
> >
> > I notice a "hiss" and a "click" on the sidetone when each
> > character is keyed.
> >
> > I am using the Heil Micro-pro headset and have tried other
> > headsets of varying impedance to no avail.
> >
> > The sidetone through the speaker is pure with no clicks/hiss.
> >
> > Does anyone else notice these problems when keying their Orion
> > in CW when using a headset????
> >
> > 73, Joe W2KJ
> >
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