[Elecraft] Re:K2/100 Frequency Stability

Mon Dec 16 18:10:26 2002

Hi

Maybe someone should try reversing the fan to see if pulling the hot air out
of the K2 would work better. It would make sense that if cool air was pulled
in through the slots in the bottom and over the RF board before it was
heated would keep the VFO cooler and at a more even temperature.

Don Brown

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wallace, Andy" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 3:03 PM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Re:K2/100 Frequency Stability

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Don Brown [mailto:[email protected]]
> >
> > The K2 already has several places the air can flow out of.
> > The air is drawn in by the fan and can exit
>
> So wouldn't this circulate hot KPA100 air from the underside
> of the KPA into the K2? It would make more sense to me to have the fan
> exhaust from the K2. Cool air would be drawn in the various
> places and out the fan, keeping the overall temperature down.
>
> Not having either K2 or KPA100 yet, I could be wrong!
>
> -Andy
>
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