Make sure it isn't too deep. The current fan is 15mm. A 20mm fan it starts becoming a tight fit.
-Tim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carl Vangsness Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:06 PM To: Lee A Crocker Cc: Flexradio Subject: Re: [Flexradio] SDR-1000 Fan Noise Has anyone tried the Silenx iXtrema Pro 80 mm Thermistor fan. Supposed to be very quiet and comes with attached thermistat. I will try one tomorrow. $18.99 at Microcenter in Mpls. Carl WC0V On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 13:41 -0700, Lee A Crocker wrote: > If you go to the photo section of the Flex Radio Yahoo Group you will find a > snapshot and a schematic of a simple device I made to quiet the fan on the > SDR -1000. it basically uses a diode string to drop the voltage to the fan > on RX and a PNP to short out the string on transmit. I use pin 6 from the 15 > pin jack as the control, and I turn it on for all bands in the software. > Also I changed out the fan to a quieter one and that is also listed in the > written part > > 73 W9OY > > > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/