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"Bart Bailey" wrote in message
... In Message-ID:SQbfe.14797$tp.2121@fed1read04 posted on Sat, 7 May 2005 18:05:22 -0500, Ken Bessler wrote: Begin Anyone with a DR-610 out there? I've got one that seems to like to run hot. It's always warm and when transmitting it gets hot and stays hot for a long time after the QSO. Yes, I checked the fan - it's running. Rig works FB - I'm just worried it's going to burn up! Help? I had one about ten years ago, and it too ran hot, never any problems, must have been due to the robust voltage regulation, like the current icom 706's have and get hot because of. -- Bart Thanks, Bart - Now that I think of it my old 706MkII got this way, too. I read in the manual that the RF power level is connected to a thermistor and the rig will cut power down if the rig gets too hot. So, far, running remote base, cross band repeat, echolink, SSTV & general use the rig has gotten coffee cup hot but the heatsink didn't get too hot and the power stayed at 100% of what I had it set to. I guess it's just a cooker! -- Just my 2¢ worth... 73's es gd dx de Ken KGØWX Grid EM17ip, Flying Pigs #1055, Digital On Six #350, List Owner, Yahoo! E-groups: VX-2R & FT-857 |
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I had one that would cook the RX VCO away. I would unkey the TX and
the RX would go away. It couldn't be fixed under warranty, so I took it back and got a Yaesu. "Ken Bessler" wrote in message news:Wpdfe.14801$tp.2650@fed1read04... "Bart Bailey" wrote in message ... In Message-ID:SQbfe.14797$tp.2121@fed1read04 posted on Sat, 7 May 2005 18:05:22 -0500, Ken Bessler wrote: Begin Anyone with a DR-610 out there? I've got one that seems to like to run hot. It's always warm and when transmitting it gets hot and stays hot for a long time after the QSO. Yes, I checked the fan - it's running. Rig works FB - I'm just worried it's going to burn up! Help? I had one about ten years ago, and it too ran hot, never any problems, must have been due to the robust voltage regulation, like the current icom 706's have and get hot because of. -- Bart Thanks, Bart - Now that I think of it my old 706MkII got this way, too. I read in the manual that the RF power level is connected to a thermistor and the rig will cut power down if the rig gets too hot. So, far, running remote base, cross band repeat, echolink, SSTV & general use the rig has gotten coffee cup hot but the heatsink didn't get too hot and the power stayed at 100% of what I had it set to. I guess it's just a cooker! -- Just my 2¢ worth... 73's es gd dx de Ken KGØWX Grid EM17ip, Flying Pigs #1055, Digital On Six #350, List Owner, Yahoo! E-groups: VX-2R & FT-857 |
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