[Elecraft] Re: Barebones K2 Amplifier

2006-12-09 Thread Darrell Bellerive
I have been following this thread with great interest. I have a QRP K2 and would like to add an amplifier. I love the integration of the KPA100 and KAT100 but would like more power and no fan. I would like 400 watts output, QSK without relays and no fan. The KPA800 seems interesting, but has

Re: [Elecraft] Re: Barebones K2 Amplifier

2006-12-09 Thread Don
Many of us place a small muffin fan on top of the K2 heatsink. I have my muffin fan housed in a small plywood box (blowing down at the fins) with a resistor in series with the fan so that it turns fairly slowly and makes no noise at all. With this auxillary cooling the noisy little fan in the