Tom:
I have a shelf much closer than that to the top of my O II and have never
had a problem, at least not so far. I also use mine quite a few hours every
day, as well as in contests in all modes. Only in RTTY contests do I need
to use a fan on the power amplifier heat sync. In CW and SSB contests, it
never gets more than slightly warm regardless of power. Most of the time, I
drive a linear that needs only about 45 Watts, but in some contests I run
low power category use the O II at it's full 100 Watts output.
You can see a picture of the installation at www.n6ie.com .
Ron N6IE
www.N6IE.com
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From: <cx7tt@4email.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 12:35 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion II cabinet temp?
> Hello,
> I have my O II on the desk with a cabinet about 3 inches above it and
> open in the back. The shack temp stays around 70 to 80 degs. I have
> noticed that the front top gets very warm....my fingers can reach back
> about 3 inches or so. This is regardless of my operating. Frequently I
> turn the rig on at sunrise and may run it all day long with maybe only a
> couple of QSOs. I am guessing that the temp is in the low 100s. Is this
> normal?
> The majority of the heat is from the left edge of the display and goes
> to the right until left edge of the Band selection buttons. I also run
> the rig with 65 w out as this is more than enough to drive a homebrew
> amp. The heat sink fins are very cool to the touch as I write this. The
> display is set for Backlight-medium and LCD Display-Color 4
> I do not have the outboard fan option installed as I rarely do RTTY.
> Would this make a diff?
> 73
> Tom
> CX7TT
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