Re: New radio, heat mitigation
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Hi Gary et al.
Nice to see you have also fallen to this fantastic radio :)
I have thought of doing some deeper investigation about the X6100 thermal management and already now I'm a bit puzzled just by looking videos and pictures of X6100 teardowns, for example this;
The PA module of the X6100 is nowhere close to the back plate but more in the middle of the radio, behind the front panel PCB, to where it also is attached for cooling. The LiPo battery packs are at the back, accommodating the full back side width and height. There are on internal fans or heatpipes to transfer the heat off the PA chip other than the 'middle wall' which then will heat up the whole radio chassis.
I've been thinking of some sort of a heatpipe solution to transfer the PA heat out from the radio, or removing the battery pack (or replace it with a smaller one) so that there would be direct access from the PA chip to the backplate so that it could be lead to cool to a cooling fin at the back.
73, Erik OH2LAK
On Thu, 17 Aug 2023 at 17:15, NC3Z < nc3z@...> wrote: Just got a new X6100 from Radioddity. Cool little radio but generates healthy heat, which I was not to keen about. I had a ham buddy 3D print a X6100 stand I found online and added a Noctua 60mm fan to it. That made a world of difference. Here are some pictures of the heat as seen by a Flir K2. The fan had a low speed reducer inline so was turning slowly and quietly.
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Gary Mitchelson
NC3Z/4 Pamlico County, NC FM15
NC AHIMT COML
SHARES NCS997
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