I forgot to give the Ten-Tec service person's response on this one:
> - The radio runs warm. Especially on RTTY--even at half power, the
> final's heat sink gets downright hot.
> . . . I've stood a little computer power supply
> fan behind the radio blowing on the heat sink. I figure it's like
> chicken soup--it couldn't hurt :-)
Ten-Tec recommends an external fan blowing on the Omni's rear heat sink
for RTTY. It's not so necessary for CW and SSB. But as I said, it
couldn't hurt.
Interestingly, the tech said that a fan was not so necessary for the
Ten-Tec power supply. Even though it got almost hot enough to fry an egg
after a RTTY QSO. Evidently TenTec's philosophy is to use very husky
components and heat sinks that can take it. After using an ICOM PS-30
external supply for years, I was kind of shocked at how hot the Ten-Tec
supply got. But the Icom has an internal fan, and the TenTec doesn't.
--Peter (KD7MW)
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