Re: [Elecraft] [K2] Safely running 100% key-down modes (K1FFX)

2013-12-27 Thread Fred Jensen
FWIW: I used to run RTTY on my K2/100 [AFSK into mic jack and from headphone jack]. I put a little square of sticky-back velcro on top of the heat sink over the part that got the warmest and used it to stick a 12VDC muffin fan down, blowing down into the heat sink. I found I could run RTTY a

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] Safely running 100% key-down modes (K1FFX)

2013-12-27 Thread Bob
Hi Bruce, I haven't tried JT-65 but I've been running PSK-31 on my K2 with the KPA100 power set at 50% (i.e., 50 watts) or less without any problems. Although my transmissions are not longer than several minutes each, I understand that at the power level, you could have much longer transmissions w