[Elecraft] K2/100 burn-in

[Jeff Stai WK6I]

At 10:14 AM 12/1/2004, Tom Althoff wrote:
>I did not get an answer in the 30 minutes that I called but I also did not get any Hi Temp warning.   The heatsink does get quite warm and with the 5:1 ratio on TX heat vs RX cool off time I might have been exceeding Elecraft's concept of intermittant amateur service.    If I used the K2 as the CQ machine on 10M while looking for QSO's on another band I think I'd put a fan on the K2 for peace of mind if not necessity.
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>Has anyone really hammered their K2/100 with high CQ or QSO rates for a 24 hour period without a secondary fan?   I'd be curious how it held up and were you successful in cooking eggs on it?   It might make a good George Forman portable contest grill. 

I run RTTY on my K2/100 on occasion - this gets it quite warm, even at the 40W spec - I use a 12V fan right on the heat sink and it stays nice and cool even during a contest - if you want to be sure, use a fan. why risk it?

hope this helps - jeff wk6i


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