[TenTec] rf in headphone cables

[bob finger]

I have always been a fan of using a stereo headphone amplifier in 
between the radio (Orion) and my sony cans or heil headsets.  No more!   
I recently built a stack of 2 big tribanders at 40 and 80 feet, which 
sits less than 50 feet from the shack which is in a steel encased 
building.   That stack, when aimed at the shack caused the headphone 
amplifier to rectify.  Eliminating the headphone amp solved the problem 
I (thought I )was experiencing with the Orion Ver 2.x firmware on ssb.  
I had multiple beams on that tower before with no sign of a problem rf 
wise. 

Multiple changes to the station without completely wringing out each one 
in turn leads to mis-informed diagnosis of a problem.  Orion ver 2.x, 
new antennas, some rework of grounding all at same time without proper 
testing.  Many would have said "improper grounding" and they would have 
been wrong,  I blamed Orion firmware and I was wrong.  Throwing that 
headphone amp out the barn door fixed it and I feel better for it.  73 
bob de w9ge