When I use the K2/100 to drive an amp in a contest, CW or SSB, I can't keep my hand on the heat sink. Running about 40-50w to drive the amp. Fan on K2/100 runs continuously when running stations. There doesn't seem to be any ill effects. N2TK, Tony
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill Coleman Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 10:37 PM To: Tom Althoff Cc: Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2/100 burn-in On Dec 1, 2004, at 1:14 PM, Tom Althoff wrote: > Has anyone really hammered their K2/100 with high CQ or QSO rates for > a 24 hour period without a secondary fan? I'd be curious how it held > up and were you successful in cooking eggs on it? On CW, I've run for a couple of hours at a time at the 100 watt level. The top gets very hot, but not so hot you can't place your hand on top of the heat sink. It's uncomfortable, but not painful. On SSB, the heat sink gets very warm, but not quite so hot as CW after running a couple of hours. In both cases, the fan runs continuously. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
