[TenTec] Orion static susceptibility and headphones

[Rick Williams]

I am having some issues with static and my Orion 565.  When I first acquired
my Orion I noticed that on occasion when I plugged in the earphones the
receiver would die.  All the lights were on but "nobody was home."  I wrote
it off as the wrong type of headphones (8 ohm stereo).  
 
Time went by and I acquired some 60 ohm impedance David Clark stereo
headphones and tried them out.  Same problem!  This has occurred with both
version 1.xxx and 2.xxx firmware.  (I have reported the symptoms to Ten-Tec
Service and Ditsnbits.)
 
Now I carefully ground the tip, ring and sleeve before attempting to plug in
the phones but sometimes this doesn't even work. It's a real pain if your
trying to get some rare one and grab the phones only to have the receiver
die!
 
I'm on the wet coast and humidity is not an issue plus I don't own a cat and
the station is well grounded.  
 
Now the question - have others noticed this issue?  Turning the Orion Off
and ON rejuvenates the receiver.
 
Thoughts appreciated.
 

73, 

Rick 
VE7TK

Website:  http://www3.telus.net/ve7tk