[Elecraft] K3 Heat

[Hisashi T Fujinaka]

On Fri, 15 May 2009, Jim Brown wrote:

> On Fri, 15 May 2009 10:53:10 -0400, Guy Olinger, K2AV wrote:
>
>> What heat problem?  No heat problem.
>
> W0YK is one of our more agressive members, a world champion RTTY
> contester, and an early beta tester. His response to this thread,
> before he hurried off to Dayton, was the same as Guy's -- there is
> no heat problem. He should know.

Well, you're all ignoring the longevity reduction with heat. I'm sure
if you have several K3's, you can afford to replace your rigs quite
often and probably do, but there are guys who are still running their
Drake twins and Collins 75A-3's. And I'm sure that means there are
people who want to run their K3's for as long a time as well.

If this was a K2, I'd say buy spare chassis parts and mount weird fans
to your heart's content. I'm not sure you can do that with a K3.

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Hisashi T Fujinaka - htodd at twofifty.com
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