Hi Gary, I find it curious that there was no mention in Adrian's report of what surface coating or surface finishing process the tested heat sinks had been subjected to. Last I knew, Fred is using powder coat on his newly designed higher cost heat sink, with the lower cost version having an as machined finish, with no further processing. I believe the PAE Kx31 heat sinks are now hard anodized, and I don't know how the KB8UHN units are finished. Can you please comment on this, since the type of surface finishing can play a role in the efficiency of heat transfer of a heat sink? I'm also curious if Fred's lower cost version is still the original size, with less radiating surface area than the newer one.
73 de Dennis KD7CAC Scottsdale, AZ > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] [KX3] A Comparative Performance Assessment (of > Aftermarket KX3 Heatsinks) > > P.S. I deleted several comments from my Reflector post before sending it > (for the sake of brevity), including ... ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
