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Voice comes through speakers on transmit
Steve Parker
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I'm running the Edirol MA-15D powered stereo speakers, and when I transmit my voice comes through the speakers with a humming sound. I wish there was a optic connection instead of the 1/8, or even a RCA. My Yaesu 5K that I just took out of line never had this issue. I added some ferrite beads, no help. Suggestions?
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You can never add too many Ferrite Beads
You clearly have a ground loop..
RF can ingress for multiple places.. not only your speaker leads...
I suggest you read my paper on "How to Build a Quiet Station"
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kffp92esffo3zy5/How%20to%20Build%20a%20Quiet%20Station%20V2.pdf?dl=02 -
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Make sure the ferrites you use are mix 31. Others may well be no help at all.
Jon...kf2e
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An audio isolation transformer might solve your problem. You can find a cheap one at RatShack or top quality from Jensen (ISO-MAX). The RatShack has RCA connectors, so you will also need 1/8" to RCA adapters. The Jensen product (professional grade) is available with just about any connector combination. I've purchased a couple of them through Cable Solutions.
Good luck and 73,
Larry KB1VFU
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Jon is spot-on about the mix-31! The iBox does look like it would work.
FWiW:
I just went thru this exercise. Changed speaker amp from a (tube) WE-300B SE amp
to a Bottlehead Tode (tube) Guitar amp. The Tode sounds great but was prone to
pick up RF. The solution was a high quality audio cable with the Mix-31 ferrites at
each end of the cable. Positioning of the cable had an effect, one had to keep it away
from the power cords. The A/C power cord was ferrited also but that didn't seem to
help. The RFI was reduced but some remained. Fixing a decent ground in the radio
shack really helped (tied into an outdoor copper water pipe) stopped all the RFI into
the Tode. I was also re-configuring the (W3EDP) antenna at the same timeframe. A
new current choke balun was swapped out/in (*). The counterpoise was also changed.
End result, no RFI into the Tode, good audio sound, especially CW / SWL. I was
highly doubtful this could be accomplished as the Tode case has a lot of wood, hence
ingres of RF. But it proved my doubts unfounded.
Follow Howard's advice in his dissertation as best you can and you should be able to
clean things up.
Good Luck
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k3Tim
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I had this start up in my Bose companion 2 series III when I connected BOTH my flexes to it at the same time. I Tried ferrite beads, et. al. and nothing helped. It went away if I disconnected the line frpm the 1500, but I wanted to leave both hooked up at the same time.
I got a "Ground loop" isolator from Pyle - about $8.75 on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004HJ35F2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Free shipping if you have Amazon Prime!
It is a small box with two audio transformers and It has 1/8 inch mini-phone connectors on the wires, so it is plug and play.
No more problem. People who use them with their mp3 players and big car stereos report that it reduces the bass frequencies. But I don't notice it much on the 1500.
Ken - NM9P1 -
It could be a ground loop, it could be RF getting into the powered speakers. Each problem has a different solution. Fix the actual problem, Some powered speakers are beyond fixing if its RF. You first need to identify the problem, Identifying by Community consensus isn't a good troubleshooting approach. Ferrites for RF problems, and isolation transformers for ground loops, are correct solutions depending on whichever problem you have. Ground loops will be audible even in receive. RF problems will clear up with reduced power. Ferrites ahead of the audio amplifiers may allow you to run more power without audible RF effects. Certain power levels and frequency combinations may be more likely to produce audible problems. Good luck getting the right solution on the first go round.1
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Well I have chased my issue for a couple of months still haven't cleared it 100%, but
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001EAQTRI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
This "Ground loop" isolator fixed the transmitter in speaker for the time being. I'll continue to look for the loop as time permits..
73's
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Belt and suspenders, ended up being my solution too, for now at least. Trouble isn't my middle name, but it should be. Why does Easy have to be so difficult.0
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Are isolators simply "good" audio transformers with a 1:1 turns ratio?
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Here is a good explanation of the problem and solutions(including transformers).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_loop_%28electricity%29
The section on balanced lines tells why having a balanced mic input is so helpful.
Jon...kf2e1 -
Thanks for the link....
Of the several solutions can one assume it is via transformer then?
Hammond makes some really nice audio transformers - still in Biz!
Tim0 -
I needed the Isolator to eliminate the @60hz hum I heard when routing the output of the radio to a line input on the PC. I have ferrites on other audio signal lines going to the PC. Don't need either on the balanced mic input on the radio. Running full power I sometimes hear my signal coming thru the PC and sometimes just on the PC speakers, It's not in my transmit audio as long as I keep the speaker audio from being heard by the mic. Close talking the mic or turning down the speakers a little usually solves the problem. If I connect the Speakers directly to the Flex speaker output and use the balanced input everything works, No hum or RF problems at all. Seems the problem is the PC, or the signal lines going to the PC. Speakers only have a problem when thy are connected to it. Not a Flex problem. Mostly just a me problem.0
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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. For "How to Build a Quiet Station" I highly recommend KY6LA's excellent paper not only for the quiet station aspect directly addressed in its title but also for so much more that aids understanding of the history and development of HF radio.1
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