I believe those little fans are cheaper than a large aluminum heat sink. Did you ever count how many fans are running in the average shack? With 2 PCs and my rig, I count 9. I use the Astron linear supply to avoid yet another one.
Steve N4LQ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "Joe Planisky" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "Steve Ellington" <[email protected]> Cc: "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 2:55 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Power Supply > Don't know about anyone else, but I'm perfectly satisfied with the > performance of my 25A MFJ switching PS. It's small, light, cheap, and > noise (electrical) free. The only caveat is its loud cooling fan. > > James K2QI > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Planisky <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 11:46:43 > To: Steve Ellington<[email protected]> > Cc: Elecraft Reflector<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Power Supply > > Couldn't agree more! > > I've resolved that I simply will not buy another piece of radio > equipment that has fans. > > 73 > -- > Joe KB8AP > > > On Aug 8, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Steve Ellington wrote: > >> No Fan please.... Figure out a way to cool it with heat sinks but >> please no >> more fans. >> >> Steve >> N4LQ >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Nicholas Farrar" <[email protected]> >> To: "elecraft" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 12:24 PM >> Subject: [Elecraft] Power Supply >> >> >>> Would anyone be interested in an Elecraft DC power supply? It would >>> look >>> nice to have a powersupply that matches my K3! > >>> ... > >>> Would any one be interested either model? Any thoughts? Looking for >>> Hams >>> with an opinion. >>> >>> -- >>> Nicholas W. Farrar >>> Network Engineer / IT Coordinator > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
