Yeah PSU fan noise is on par with the fans in the Flex 6700 now. PC is almost 
completely silent. Thinking of locating the amp, radio, and 4O3A 2x8 antenna 
switch in my garage in a half height server cabinet. Then I could hear myself 
think, but maybe I don’t want to hear myself ;-)

The two chip resistor mod on filter board was fun. I have experience with 
surface mount rework so no big deal. One resistor was the size of “16” onthe 
date on a penny (2016).

Other mods - they installed zener diodes tonthe gates on the LDMOS devices to 
protect against overdrive. That is one thing the LDMOS devices do not like.

Mybamp uses a pair of NXP 1K50H devices which I feel are more rugged than 
BLF188 and 189s. I heard early amps used the 188s but no proof of that.

Have fun! 

73
Dave

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> On Jun 5, 2020, at 1:10 AM, Eric Norris <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> I had completely forgotten that I did this mod, and the two resistors mod.  
> That, and the piece of grit or whatever that was stuck in one of the PSU fans 
> making it scream like a banshee, took the KPA1500 PSU fan noise from being 
> intolerable to unnoticable.  
> 
> Good times!  Ain't it grand!  
> 
> 73 Eric WD6DBM
> 
>> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 4:59 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Received the new LED board for my KPA1500 power supply. Easy to swap out,
>> six plugs and two screws. You can move one plug at a time to the new board
>> so there is no chance of screwing anything up. To put the screws back in I
>> suggest a Phillips screwdriver with magnetic tip. It took more time to
>> remove the 16 screws from the top cover than to swap the board.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> THANK YOU Elecraft!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 73
>> 
>> Dave wo2x
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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