Jack, thanks much for your comments!
Well, as anyone should be able to tell I would really like to buy
the V2 and I agree that it is reasonably priced based upon the
hardware and features.? I think it would make a terrific portable
rig, and I've been expecting somebody to come out with a high
performance self-contained FT8 rig for a long time.
The ease with which people say the heat sink inserts can be pulled
out, and Ashhar's comment about the majority of returned units
having detached heatsinks, still concerns me though.? I think I will
wait until that issue gets resolved one way or the other ... either
fixed or proven to be a non-issue.
Thanks again es take care,
Dave?? AB7E
On 5/29/2023 10:57 AM, John Terrell,
N6LN wrote:
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Dave, I’ve probably had more experience changing finals and
working with their heat sinks both for the DE and theV2 than
most out here. I don’t think that most blown finals are because
of heat sink issues. I use heat conductive paste anyway but I
have no evidence that it’s necessary. The heat sink warms nicely
and that’s a god sign. In my view the only way heat transfer
could improve would be with direct metal contact without mica
and of course that’s not practical.
In my experience finals are blown by inadvertent over driving
and the V2 has some protection now against that. Follow the
calibration instructions and take the time to tweak the
hw_settings.ini file. It’s important. After that my V2 works
nicely.?
If you take into account the cost of a Raspberry Pi 4 and a 7
inch DSI touch screen the radio is really very reasonably
priced, IMHO.
See my message #102663.
Have fun!
Jack
N6LN
