[TenTec] Cooling the Orion

[Tommy]

Yes, that seems to be a surprising 'plus' to the extra cooling air movement.
Would be interesting to know if Jim/KH7M has noticed the same  thing with
his Orion.

Tom - W4BQF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Uhlman" <tuhlman at kimbanet.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 8:15 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Cooling the Orion


> Funny you mentioned the darkening of the left hand side of the display...
My
> Orion's display does that too after about an hour or so of power-up...
>
>
>
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> > I'm really not 'pressurizing' anything, mearly generating a slight air
> flow
> > out of the top of the Orion through the speaker grill. The intake ports
> > would be mainly the ports on the bottom of the radio, especially the
ones
> > under the front panel. With the fan speed cranked down so the fan makes
no
> > noise, there is just a gently flow of air exhausted out the top.
> >
> > One side benefit I have noticed:  the left side of my LCD screen had
> become
> > slightly darker than the rest of the screen (about an inch wide,
> > vertically), now that has completely cleared up.
> >
> > Tom - W4BQF
> >