Jay Honeck wrote:

This sounds like inadequate isolation in the audio source switching of
the audio panel. Most of modern audio panels (King, PSE, RST) do not
intrisically have this problem. I think you have a PSE, which shouldn't
do this.


Actually, I have a Narco CP-136 audio panel.

I do not have any experience with these, so the lack of isolation could be
a shortcoming of the design.

(See a picture of this model at http://www.ronhahn.com/Hawk-XP/CP136.html )


For further diagnosis, I'll bet that if you turn the volume control of
the non-selected comm radio down, then the bleedthrough will go away.


Yep, I believe it does. So this means the audio panel is wired incorrectly?

It just means that the bleed-through is happening at audio frequencies; not by
one IF coupling to the other IF as another poster postulated.


Also try switching the non-selected com receiver to the overhead speaker
while listening to the primary com on the ANR headsets, and report back.


Okay, will do. I should expect to hear the AWOS broadcasting quietly on the
speaker, I presume, same as I hear in my headset?

Yes, but try to determine if the faint feedthrough you hear in your headphones
is reduced by routing com2 to the speaker. It will be a subtle difference,
because the speaker audio will leak into your headphones accoustically. If the
feedthrough is reduced, then my speculation about the dummy load resistors would
warrant more investigation.

MikeM
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