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Re: grounding question
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John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:21:00 -0400
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I've seen that in the past when a wire is touching the inside of the mic 
plug or mic itself. Very rare though.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: grounding question


> You might have an open in the mike cable or the plug to the
> TS2000.  I have an intermitent similar issue with a heil mike
> developed for the IC756.
> Pat, K9JAU At 08:45 PM 4/14/2012, you wrote:
>>I'll have to try j8just grounding the antenna.  In the past, if I
>>didn't have an
>>rf ground I'd get a lot of hum on the air.  The microphone I'm using is 
>>metal
>>and touching it caused the hum and also usually got me a shock.  Perhaps 
>>the
>>antenna grounding will take care of that for me.
>>
>>Tom
>>
>>
>>Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
>>web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html

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