I had no idea heat sinks existed. But, I've never looked, I suppose. Looks like a good idea, but I'm guessing the radio will no longer fit in its case. I ordered a set of heat sinks to try 'em out.
My process to deal with the heat is perty much what Brian said. Thanks for the thread! I learn, I win. Gary, N7BRJ On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 8:23 PM Brian Hunt <huntin...@coastside.net> wrote: > I believe the trip temp. is 60c. The rate you get there, of course, > depends a lot on power setting, mode and ambient temperature. I’ve found at > normal shack ambient I can cycle FT8 pretty quickly at 7 watts. But I > always monitor PA TEMP and back it down if necessary. At the beach with a > 55f breeze - no problem 😉 > > It’s a great little rig. Have fun! > > 73, > Brian, K0DTJ > > > On Aug 21, 2021, at 09:12, Bill Lederer <w8lv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Team: > > > > I discovered that the KX2 will trip out if its temperature gets too high. > > Clearly, this is a good thing. I am considering getting the heat sinks > for > > the side. I now run with the temperature displayed. > > > > My question in relation to this is: is there a fixed temperature that it > > will trip out at? Alternatively, what is a good threshold to observe to > > avoid over-temperature operation? The manual does not seem to be very > > specific. > > > > Thanks for a great radio (I have it in my office upstairs with a wire > to a > > tree, and get on the air between meetings.) and for a great forum. > > > > -- > > --w8lvn-- > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 huntin...@coastside.net > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 radiomem...@gmail.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
