Had the same problem with the Paragon II. Just jumper across the 100 ohm
resistor which is mounted on the back of the phone jack. It's the only way
you'll be able to hear anything. BTW, I've been using the new MFJ
headphones and they are really great!
On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Roy Koeppe wrote:
>
> Hello all, about...
> "Hi I have a Tentec Delta II. I have tried a few headsets. The volume
> level does not appear to be high enough. Any suggestions?
> -- Thank You,
> Bob Ferrey Jr. N3DOK"
>
> Most modern ham gear have series resistors in the headphone output. These
> accomplish two things:
>
> (1 When you plug a mono plug into a stereo jack, it prevents the
> grounded barrell from shorting the audio to ground from the stereo contact.
>
> (2 The resistors prevent "blasting" your ears in case you plug in LO-Z
> phones, which might produce speaker-like volume into your ears. These
> resistors can cause loss of volume under certain conditions with LO-Z, low
> sensitivity phones, or low sensitivity phones in general.
>
> You can try lowering the value of these resistors (4-ohms, minimum), or
> simply try plugging your (mono!!) headphone plug into the SPEAKER output
> jack on the rig.
>
> 73, Roy K6XK
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Steve Ellington N4LQ
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