[ICOM] PW-1 Amp

[n4lq]

Dust? That's nothing. I have to keep my lap dog off the desk otherwise 
that multiple fan endowed beast would plaster her to the intake grills 
and eventually fill up the insides with poodle hair. Actually, I 
installed my amp on a shelf on the other side of the wall in the garage 
due to the loud fan noise. I hate fans. I ran a 2" pvc conduit through 
the wall to feed power and control lines and now I enjoy quiet 
operation. The QSK seems to really work good with my Omni VI too. I have 
yet to try making the auto band change feature work with the Omni and 
I'm not even sure it can be done.
As for dust. I am going to pick up 3 furnace filters and place them on 
both sides and top of the amp. Hopefully that will minimize the problem.
N4LQ

-----Original Message-----
From: "Jerry Keller" <k3bz at arrl.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 10:20:28 -0400
Subject: Re: [ICOM] PW-1 Amp

> Thanks, Gary... good point about the dust. I should pay more attention
> to dust, but I never think of 
> it. Now I will... I just put a note in RED on my bulletin board that
> says "DUST" !!
> 73,  Jerry K3BZ
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gary" <n6lrv at cox.net>
> To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 8:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] PW-1 Amp
> 
> 
> > It's up to you Jerry. The PW-1 is a solid state device and generally
> doesn't suffer degradation 
> > from
> > being ON however, the many fans that run may draw in and deposit more
> dust than you'd care for if 
> > you
> > leave it running which means more frequent cleaning would be in order
> in my experience, others' 
> > may
> > vary.
> > Gary
> >
> > Jerry Keller wrote:
> >
> >> I leave the 756ProII on all day and run barefoot most of the time.
> If I power up the PW-1 in the
> >> morning for some DX, is it better to leave it on while I'm just
> listening (just in case I need 
> >> it)
> >> or should I power it down? IOW, is there significant "wear & tear"
> on a PW-1 when it's on but not
> >> transmitting?
> >> Or, should I power it down after each use and power it up again each
> time I need it?
> >>
> >> 73,  Jerry K3BZ
> >>
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