[Yaesu] FT857 and fan mod

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JOhn,
I find the FT 857 to be a bit on the  hot side.
Even running 30 watts and sending CW at 25 WPM for 10 minutes the  back is to 
hot.
I had HI-Speed CFM fans on my FT 100-D and I had one fan run  at 1/2 speed 
full time
As soon as I keyed up both fans went full speed.
I  find the 857-D rig fans do not put out enough CFM of air
The sad part is that  it's a big job to replace the stock fans with hi speed 
fans on the 857-D  rig
BOB
AF2Q

In a message dated 10/29/2008 12:50:09 PM Eastern  Standard Time, 
aa5jg at yahoo.com writes:
Does the FT857D need a fan mod (like  on the FT100D) to make the fans run all 
of the time in order for it to stay  cool?  Or does it stay pretty cool with 
the fans running how they do from  the factory?

73s John AA5JG  

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