Keeping the 6300 quiet and cool

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• W5XZ - dan Member ✭✭

  July 2014 edited June 2019

  i thought the usb connector on the 6000's was 'forbidden' ?? maybe not so much?? great idea, steve.
  
  73, w5xz, dan
  
  

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• Steve-N5AC Community Manager admin

  July 2014 edited February 2017

  You can plug in a device that draws up to 500mA.  Today, we do not look at nor support data exchange over USB.

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• W9OY Alpha Team Member ✭✭

  July 2014 edited July 2014

  Good idea

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• Ernest - W4EG Member ✭✭

  July 2014 edited October 2019

  Steve,

  I went to my local Big lot! and bought one of the 15" fan that you mentioned. 

  My F6.7K appreciate the air produced by the new fan.  The radio does not turn the internal fan on. I am now noise free from the radio blower.

  I operate mainly JT65 & 9 and the radio internal fan were turning on very often.

  Thank you for the suggestion.

  Ps. My original Extra license was N6LQ in 1976 

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• Iain McLachlan Member

  October 2014 edited October 2014

  I'm assuming that the cooler's fan is quiet?!

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• Steve N4LQ Member

  October 2014 edited September 2015

  Yes. That's the whole idea. It's very quiet. Flex must have searched long and hard to find such a noisy little fan. 73

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• Iain McLachlan Member

  October 2014 edited October 2014

  It is bleedin' horrible isn't it. As you suggest, it must have been a long search!
  
  I've just found something that looks similar, here in the UK. I've just ordered.
  
  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130881664327

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• Steve N4LQ Member

  October 2014 edited September 2015

  Looks good. I put some taller feet on mine to keep it up off the carpet and improve air flow. The rig runs so cool now that the fan seldom kicks up speed.
  
  

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• Iain McLachlan Member

  October 2014 edited October 2014

  I've just ordered some 15mm tall feet also. It's bleedin' loud that fan!  

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• James Kirk Member

  November 2014 edited November 2014

  The bottom of the 6300 has no ventilation holes, they are only on each side.

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• Steve N4LQ Member

  November 2014 edited September 2015

  Exactly captain. 

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• Iain McLachlan Member

  November 2014 edited November 2014

  The bottom of the 6300 is a sheet of metal, which gets rather hot.
  
  I now have my £4 laptop cooler - it makes a lot of difference. Amazingly, the width of the unit is exactly the width of the 6300.

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• Steve W6SDM Member ✭✭

  November 2014 edited December 2014

  I use a bread rack type shelf to give the 6300 some air flow.  It holds my KPA500, KAT500, Shuttle and two power supplies, plus some other stuff.  It's solid as a rock and allows for a lot of air flow around everything.  I mounted a copper ground bus to the back along with a power **** for my AC cords and a Rig Runned for 12 volt distribution.  There are still a lot of wires, but they are less of a rats nest than I had with everything on the desk.
  
  It's solid and doesn't wobble at all - the weight of the equipment adds to the stability.
  
  The rack looks like this:
  http://www.amazon.com/Whitmor-6070-3437-Supreme-3-Tier-Shelving/dp/B004BDP69M/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1414947280&sr=8-4&keywords=black+metal+shelf
  
  
  

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• AE5WT Member

  July 2015 edited July 2015

  Hmmm... Never thought about the tiny feet on the bottom of the rig. Guess I need to go down to my bin and put the larger feet I have in stock on it to make more air flow underneath.

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• mdavid01 Member

  August 2015 edited August 2015

  I love the fact that I can keep my radio, batteries and power supply in the back room while operating from the living room.
  
  The only "problem" I'm having so far is that when operating next to the river the glare can get fierce.
  

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• Johan _ SE3X Member ✭✭

  September 2018 edited January 2019

  Watch up with this last post from "Emma"!!!  Look's like spam or something even worse. I suggest don't click the link.  
  
  

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