[TCARC-NTx] Tarrant RACES net tonight

[david johnson]

You can try running at low power by pushing the low
power button down...it's located by the antenna...but
then in some cases you need all the power you can get,
so keep the low power button in the extended up
position...

--- terry <kj5zr@cowtown.net> wrote:
> Joan M Bartay wrote:
> > 
> > Thank you so much for the reminder.  I am glad
> that you do that.  My
> > radio gets so hot that I can't hold it.  It did
> not use to do that.  Do
> > you have any idea why?    Joan  Bartay  N5MRJ
> 
> It just depends on how much you transmit. I think
> you just never noticed
> it before.  Those HTX 202's get pretty hot when you
> power them at 13.5v
> and transmit on high power which makes about 6 or 7
> watts and sometimes
> 8.  The back and belt clip serves as the heat sink
> for the output
> transistors and they do heat up if you stay keyed
> down for any length of
> time.  (I know, I've got one I've had for 7 or 8
> years now.)  
> If you just use the external speaker mike, you won't
> have to touch it.
> 
> But, no... that's normal, they just heat up and
> there's not much you can
> do about it.  The good news is, they're built to
> take it and will
> normally function okay in spite of the extreme heat
> they generate.
> 
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