I don't think this is true. Before the KPA100, my K2 had no fan. Front panel & control board ran with no cooling support and drift was never an issue.
I run the KPA100 with an external fan which keeps the hovercraft wizzer on the back of the rig from coming to life. Again, the front panel and control board operate with no cooling. - Keith N1AS - - K2 5411.ssb.100 - -----Original Message----- From: Darrell Bellerive >From what I understand, one of the reasons for the fan is to keep the K2 RF, front panel, and control board components at a fairly constant temperature to reduce drift, etc. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com