K2 #5707 is on the air

[Bernie Gardner]

After a few delays my K2 is functioning.  Just had QSO with FG/DL5CF; came
back on first call with K2 running about 8 watts.  Still have a little fine
tuning to do and a few options to build and install, but works great!

Bernie Gardner
W1AZ
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[johnny-52]

Hi Group,

XV144 runs extremely hot during FM or other full duty cycle operation.  The
PCB of XV144 is very similar to that of XV432 so that there is space for a
small computer fan.  I bought an US$3.00 computer fan and installed it in
the  XV144 with due reference to the manual of XV432 fan installation.

The result is very pleasing and I can now run XV144 under FM mode (15 watts
output) for a couple of hours without problem.

If you have time, don't waste this nice transverter and add a small fan to
operate it under FM mode as well.

73

Johnny Siu VR2XMC


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