Don't worry, guys. It's designed that way. No need for
any extra cooling unless you plan on a lot of rtty or
other "key-down" modes.
de KL7HF
-----Original Message-----
From: John Lockhart <jlockj@minn.net>
To: Jim Reid <jreid@aloha.net>; Ten-Tec Reflector <Tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni Body Temperature?
>
>
>Hi Jim,
>
>Congratulations on your new Omni!
>
>I don't have the TenTec power supply, but my
>Omni VI does get warm after a few hours of
>listening. I've thought of buying a second
>bottom cover and putting some ventilation
>holes in it, but that's as far as I've gotten!
>
>73,
>
>John W0DC
>
>----------
>> From: Jim Reid <jreid@aloha.net>
>> To: Ten-Tec Reflector <Tentec@contesting.com>
>> Subject: [TenTec] Omni Body Temperature?
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
>> Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 00:28
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just quick query. Is it normal for both the power supply
>> case and OmniVI+ plus case to become very warm,
>> even when just sitting for a few hours in listen only
>> mode? Seems much hotter than my former foreign
>> transceivers. Maybe I should fix up an external blower
>> for each; I could hear the fan cycling on/off in my
>> former FT-1000.
>>
>> 73, Jim, KH7M
>>
>>
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