I actually spoke to Fred over at Dayton. He was right next to the Elecraft folks. Threw some ideas around maybe making a rigid unit that would include a PX3, so that the two would feel like one unit. Would probably be a good idea for mobile/field day type of operation. Very nice gentleman and very passionate about what he does.
Slava Baytalskiy sla...@nullserv.com W2RMS On May 21, 2014, at 10:24 AM, Doug Ellmore <d...@ellmore.net> wrote: > I received my PAE-Kx31 heatsink from Fred VE7FMN (fsme...@telus.net) > yesterday. This morning over morning coffee, I installed the heatsink. I > removed one top plate and replaced it with the heatsink. Very easy to do. > > I have been operating JT65-HF with the KX3 the last few weeks. Prior to > installation running JT65-HF at 10w, the KX3 would give me a high temp > warning and adjust power to 5w about 3/4's the way through the > transmission. In fact, most times going over 6+ watts would result in a > high-temp warning and throttle back. Using the Mom's old standard of > checking the forehead of the child to see if the child was running a > temperature, the KX3 was very warm to hot to touch on top during this > operation. > > This morning, after installing the heatsink, the KX3 stayed at 10w during > the full transmission of JT65-HF contacts and never gave me a high > temperature warning. In addition, the little one did not feel like it was > even warm to touch. I operated JT-65 in the normal operating mode of TX/RX > for close to an hour with no issues. > > Thanks Fred! I can use the KX3 to drive my Heathkit SB-200 to 100+w using > just 10w input if I want. > > Info on the heatsink is at: http://proaudioeng.com/?page_id=40 or email > Fred at fsme...@telus.net. > > -- > Doug Ellmore/NA1DX > d...@ellmore.net > www.ellmore.net/na1dx > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to sla...@nullserv.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
