Interesting, and possibly related (and I kind of forgot till I read Jim’s 
email). 

Noticed that when the antenna are disconnected, and the K4 turned off, I hear a 
local TV station in the headphones… Never happened on the K3.

Headphones connected to the rear panel jack.  

Gonna get out the ferrites…

Tom W4KX

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> On Jun 18, 2021, at 2:07 PM, Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On 6/18/2021 3:58 AM, Tom Doligalski via Elecraft wrote:
>> For years I used a Radiosport headset with my K3. Worked like a champ. Since 
>> I received my K4 I noticed annoying RFI-induced feedback on the Radiosport 
>> when operating SSB on the K4. Monitor is set to 0.
> 
> I would blame that on the radio. Elecraft has a long history of Pin One 
> Problems, which are a well known cause of RFI. I first alerted Wayne to this 
> at least 15 years ago. Elecraft is not unique in the regard -- the last time 
> I was at Dayton, several years ago, EVERY radio on display in booths that I 
> was able to look at had obvious Pin One Problems. The following links were 
> written nearly 20 years ago. Pro audio has mostly cleaned up its act. Ham 
> radio is still in the dark ages.
> 
> http://k9yc.com/Pin_1_Revisited.pdf
> http://k9yc.com/Pin_1_Revisited_Part_2.pdf
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
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