I have never heard the K3 fans. Two fans at very low speed make no noise.
Craig Buck On May 23, 2010, at 11:34 AM, Darrell Bellerive <[email protected] > wrote: > I agree! I would rather have a larger, more expensive box with a big > heatsink than a fan. The only fan I have ever heard that was silent > was > one with the blades and motor removed and destroyed. :-) > > Most people don't seem to notice the noise so I guess we just have to > endure it as we seem to be very much the minority and manufacturers > just > won't spend the extra money to eliminate the fan. > > I have a Yaesu FT-8900R in my truck mounted enclosed in the centre > console. Even with road noise at freeway speeds, I notice when its fan > cuts in. Most people do not find the fan in this radio offensive and > consider it quiet. I suppose I just have a high sensitivity to fan > noise. > > From my work in the audio industry I have come to the conclusion that > sound is very subjective. Each person seems to have their own idea of > what sounds good and bad. I think that people get used to a certain > colouration or lack of colouration and that becomes the standard to > which they judge. > > That is why some people will praise a particular loudspeaker and > others > will find it offensive. My work with broadcast radio stations in parts > of South America, found that the norm was to overmodulate the > signals to > get the loudest signal on the band. The distorted sound became the > norm > and people expected other sources like CD's to sound the same. > > The same phenomena is happening with the new flat screen TV's. They > are > put in stretch mode to fill the screen and people just don't seem to > notice the distorted picture. > > I was very disappointed to see the big fan on the new KPA500. I have a > KPA100 that is still not finished because I keep looking at the fan > and > wondering why I bought something with a fan. > > Eric and Wayne, would you consider a larger heatsink as an option to > have a fanless KPA500? > > Darrell > VA7TO > > On 2010.05.23 7:08 AM, Steve Ellington wrote: >> Paul....It makes me wonder if they couldn't just put a decent heat >> sink on >> those switchers and virtually eliminate the fan or at least make it >> very >> rare to ever turn on. I realize they want to keep them small and >> lightweight >> and I guess fans are cheap and light but I sure do hate the racket >> they >> make! >> >> Steve >> N4LQ > > -- > Darrell Bellerive > Amateur Radio Station VA7TO > Grand Forks BC Canada > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
