[Elecraft] WAS: Temperature with KPA100 and XV144

[GS]

OK,

I found out that I put out too much power with my
XV144. This is because I did alignment with 12V and
later ran the rig with 13,8V.

I did two things to nearly solve the problem of
overheating my XV144.

1st I realigned power with 13,8V

2nd I disassembled the chassis, removed the heat
rubbers between the power module, heat spreader and
bottom cover. Then I applied heat-conductive paste in
both places.

So power is now lower and the heat is very much better
spread on the bottom cover. You can feel that.

Nonetheless, there is a point in time after maybe
15min of continous CW CQ where the XV shuts down due
to heat. But this is heavy contest use and a fan is
appropriate/acceptable in this scenario, I think.

73

Gerhard



	

	
		
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