Alinco DR-610 heat?
 

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?

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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

"Bart Bailey" wrote in message
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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.

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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!
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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

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
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"Bart Bailey" wrote in message
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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

"Ken Bessler" wrote in message
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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?

--
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


My DR-610 turns the fan on the moment I touch the ptt - no matter what power
setting, and keeps it running until I turn the power off.

I have another issue. When using the external speaker in my car I can hear a
soft hiss when the power is off! This means it is drawing some current even
then. How long will this "off" current take to drain my battery? I don't
want to be stranded with a flat! The way its installed makes it impossible
for me to measure the current (separate from any other "parked and the key
out" current such as the clock). Is there a mod I can do so that "off"
really is OFF or will I just have to get used to disconnecting it every
time?

Other than that its a great rig with all the features I'll ever need, and
then some!

73
Roger ZR3RC

"Roger Conroy" wrote in message
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My DR-610 turns the fan on the moment I touch the ptt - no matter what
power
setting, and keeps it running until I turn the power off.

I have another issue. When using the external speaker in my car I can hear
a
soft hiss when the power is off! This means it is drawing some current
even
then. How long will this "off" current take to drain my battery? I don't
want to be stranded with a flat! The way its installed makes it impossible
for me to measure the current (separate from any other "parked and the key
out" current such as the clock). Is there a mod I can do so that "off"
really is OFF or will I just have to get used to disconnecting it every
time?

Other than that its a great rig with all the features I'll ever need, and
then some!

73
Roger ZR3RC


Can't you remove the Alinco inline power cable fuse and measure
the current there? You are running a fuse, right? Even if it is drawing
power, I doubt that it will draw enough to flatten your battery unless
you only run your car once a week.

Ken

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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