Yes, if you increase the surface area, it will dissipate heat better. People have done this with MaxTracs, but a 60w heatsink may not fit a 45w power amp without some modification. In other words, it's not just a bolt-on improvement. Some holes don't line up. There was some discussion of this on the "other" web site.
All of these mobile radios were designed and made to operate at a 5/5/90 duty cycle: 5% transmit, 5% receive, 90% sit there and stay warm. They get hot if you just look at them! You still need a lot of air flowing over the heatsink; it doesn't matter which power rating you have. Bob M. ====== --- Lee Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Heres a question for someone to answer, IF you were > to take say a gm300 > 45 watt radio and take say a lowband heatshrink from > a maxtrac would > the bigger heat shrink help disipate the heat better > or would it not > make a diference? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
