Thanks, I don't actually know about the vent holes - I haven't done an inventory of it yet and I've had it since I got the K3 - talk about not having time!
Don't suppose you have an K144XV to compare against? -- Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. -H. Jackson Brown, Jr., writer On 13 Feb 2010, at 11:15, David Pratt wrote: > In a recent message, "David Ferrington, M0XDF" <m0...@alphadene.co.uk> > writes >> >> The K144XV will give 8-10 Watts, the XV144 20-25 Watts - strikes me as >> I'd have to drive a PA with at least 10 and that would be pushing the >> K144XV, whereas I could reasonably get 15 - 20 from the XV144 and not >> get it too hot (a known problem?) and not over-drive them either. > > Your XV144 should not get too hot, David. I presume that yours will > have vent holes in the top and bottom covers whereas the early ones > (like mine) did not. Now that I have provided ventilation I do not have > a heat problem and can merrily run mine up to 25W. The Mitsubishi > RA30H1317M PA module is in fact rated to have a Pout >30W at up to > 175MHz. > -- > David G4DMP > Leeds, England, UK > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
