[Elecraft] Suggested Enhancement for KPA-1500

[Tom]

Dr. William,
In your case I would recommend that you have a spare fan or two. I 
retired two years ago from full time radio broadcast engineering. 
Technology has really changed everything. But starting 10 years ago, I 
ordered spare fans for every critical item in the broadcast chain. other 
engineers in town though i was nuts, but i was the one they called when 
they lost a fan. (Markup was usually lunch!). A typical Nautel 
transmitter today may have 30+ fans in it. Fans and power supplies. 90% 
of broadcast equipment failure is the power supply. I have a KPA-500, 
and I am not worried about its power supply. But those wall warts and 
even the cheap inside power supplies today are the reason i still get 
paid to be on call for stations. But for your piece of mind, I would 
have a set of fans on hand.

Tom Bosscher K8TB  (yes, my K3 is # 53!)



On 3/12/2021 2:45 PM, Dr. William J. Schmidt wrote:
> I use my KPA1500 for contesting... and it's never hot... but I do worry
> about the fans wearing out.  At one point I asked Elecraft if they had a
> "Fan Kit" for it that I could keep in stock here in the Caribbean just in
> case one went south in the middle of a contest...
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> Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ
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> email:  bill at wjschmidt.com
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