Re: Full Duty Cycle radios
开云体育So, how would one know if there was a problem with the finals?? Is there a test to see if they are OK? ? From: Yaesu-Amateur-Radio@groups.io <Yaesu-Amateur-Radio@groups.io>
On Behalf Of Larry Patten via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2025 6:00 PM To: Yaesu-Amateur-Radio@groups.io Cc: Yaesu-Amateur-Radio@groups.io Subject: Re: [Yaesu-Amateur-Radio] Full Duty Cycle radios ? The way I look at it is it is not about specs it is about heat. ?That is why I love the temperature meter on the Ftdx101mp. ?I think most of the recent radios from Yaesu have that as part of the meter. ? Just turn on the temperature meter and watch what happens with the temperature of the final. ?Keep that within specs and you will be fine. ?I do the same with my Flex 6400 although in that case I had to add on some software that puts a meter on the screen that shows the temperature of the finals. ?I don’t think ft8 is exactly 50% duty cycle in that the temperature during receive never goes quite back to normal after transmit. ?Additionally you will see a steady rise in the temperature as you continually use ft8. ?I also am very protective of equipment so I never run more that 50% rated output power of the radio and never use an amp. ? ? K9OQ ? ? Larry G Patten ?
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