@ Robert KD9YUY I wondered the same. I followed the instructions to a "T", but it bothered me that this step seemed to be missing and just figured that there was a reason. I also wonder since the edge of the PCB seems to have the ground plane exposed, if adding thermal paste would assist in conducting some of the heat transfer to the radio case for heat dissipation.?
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Of course, I always regret the necessity to handle circuits with this white goo on it.
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