Thank you for the feedback. I have never seen the radio get that warm during my operating. Someone did point out about the third party heatsinks available so I may eventually purchase one. I primarily am doing very high duty cycle modes such as RTTY and the JT modes with my KX2 so I want to make sure that I am taking good care of it.
73 de KJ5T On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 9:24 PM Nr4c <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe the radio might shut down somewhere above 80 C. > > Sent from my iPhone > ...nr4c. bill > > > > On Mar 26, 2020, at 9:11 PM, Steve Anness <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > This question was posed last October by another on the reflector in > regards > > to the KX3 but does not look like there was a response. I had posed the > > question once to Elecraft support and believe my email got lost in the > > fray. When I posted the question to Elecraft support it was a month > after > > I received my KX2 and I was running 10 watts with it and it had gotten up > > to 61C which is what prompted the question. > > > > I have been running FT8 at around 5 watts recently and I see it getting > up > > to 51C. > > > > At what point should I stop operating and let it cool down? I love my > KX2 > > and don't want to damage it. I do know that these are used in fields by > > many so perhaps I am just being paranoid. > > > > 73 de KJ5T > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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] > ______________________________________________________________ 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]
