[Elecraft] Heatsink confusion

[Phil Hystad]

When do you need the heatsink?  Is this primarily for DATA modes?

I use my KX3 at 10 watts when in the shack and I use it portable at 5 watts or 10 watts when I carry along my external Li battery packs.  

I have never noticed any overheating and I believe that it is because I don't do any DATA modes at all.  About 99 percent of my portable work is CW only -- and usually not very many ragchews thus briefer QSOs.

So, is this product primarily for DATA mode users?  

73, phil, K7PEH



On May 21, 2014, at 9:09 AM, Howard Hoyt <hhoyt at mebtel.net> wrote:

> Doug Ellmore/NA1DX wrote:
> 
>>> I received my PAE-Kx31 heatsink from Fred VE7FMN (fsmeier at telus.net)
> 
> Fred and I haven't formed a joint partnership yet, so you have a heatsink from one or the other of us!  lolol
> 
> Both do the job vis-a-vis JT65 with differing attributes otherwise.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Howie - WA4PSC
> www.proaudioeng.com
> mfgr of the PAE-Kx31 Heatsink Kit
> 
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