[Elecraft] KX2

[Dave New, N8SBE]

Can't hurt.  I have the kit that replaced both ends, one end adds a heat 
sink, and gives 'handles' that help protect the knobs and display from a 
fall, etc.  Then the plastic cover that snaps into the handles.  Works 
well.

I run FT8 and Winlink VARA (which if you are sending a message has an 
even longer transmit cycle than FT8 on weak signals) and it seems to do 
OK.

Keep it out of the sun, that helps, too.

73,

-- Dave, N8SBE, Hamshack Hotline 550-0971, HamsOverIP 101018, 
AmateurWire 1348

2025-07-16 15:25, Larry Boekeloo via Elecraft wrote:
> I recently acquired a KX2 and use it on CW only.
> 
> I noticed that it does get warm.  Are the aftermarket heat sinks 
> needed?
> 
> Larry KN8N
> Kalamazoo Michigan
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