[Yaesu] FT857 and fan mod

[VA3DG]

John.......

You should have kept that good ol' FT-100D, you know, the one you said was a 
keeper...and would never sell. Oh well!
C'est la vie, as they say!

Cheers and Beers,
Darrell,
VA3DG/VE3DDG


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From: <MAXXOUT2 at aol.com>
To: <aa5jg at yahoo.com>; <ft857 at yahoogroups.com>; <ft-857 at yahoogroups.com>; 
<yaesu at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Yaesu] FT857 and fan mod


> 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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