[Elecraft] K2/100 burn-in

[Bill Coleman]

On Dec 1, 2004, at 1:14 PM, Tom Althoff wrote:

> 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?

On CW, I've run for a couple of hours at a time at the 100 watt level.

The top gets very hot, but not so hot you can't place your hand on top 
of the heat sink. It's uncomfortable, but not painful.

On SSB, the heat sink gets very warm, but not quite so hot as CW after 
running a couple of hours.

In both cases, the fan runs continuously.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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