Hi Jack,
That's good to hear. My Orion is completely open on all sides, I use the TT
heatsink fan, and I very seldom run more than 30 to 40 watts into my Titan
3. I think this is a heat build-up issue internal to the Orion, without
respect to how much RF power you running. Mine certainly is not bad, just
noticeable.
Tom - W4BQF
----- Original Message -----
From: "jack" <jfriend31@comcast.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Cool Orion
> i have had no heat problems with my Orion. i have the pwr set to 75 watts
> tho.
> jack ak7o
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <emoss98133@msn.com>
> To: "ten-tec" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:53 AM
> Subject: [TenTec] Cool Orion
>
>
> > I have been having a display problem also, screen flickers and gets dark
> > also after the rig has been on for a while. what I did that really
helped
> > was that I got a piece of aluminum the same size as the top of the
orion.
> > then I mounted 2 rad-shack 4 x 4 muffin fans and put some foam weather
> > striping (5/8 X 1/2) around the bottom edge. the whole assembly sits on
> top
> > of the orion and the foam does not leave any marks. the fans are 12v but
I
> > run them on a 6 volt wall wart, the fans are quite and still move a lot
> of
> > air. the fans are mounted side by side by the front of the orion just
> above
> > the display. the fans suck air through the orion from the bottom and
out
> > the top.
> > the problem seams to be that the main CPU is on a circuit board right
> behind
> > the display and is transferring heat to it. touching the CPU when the
> orion
> > has been on for a while the CPU is quite warm to the feel. it really
> needs
> > a heat sink and spaced further away from the display imho
> > Ed K7WIA
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