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Kenwood R-5000
I have an R-5000 which works great. However I'm wondering from others
who own or have owned an R-5000 if you're gets hot? After being on for hours mine gets so hot you "almost" can't hold your hand on the top cover. Mine has done this for years and hasn't yet affected the receive performance but just wondering if this normal. My other HF rigs don't get hot (JRC NRD-525, Yaesu FT-847, RadioShack DX-394 or Kenwood TS-520) all of which are one 12-20 hours a day..... George http://www.MilAirComms.com |
Yep, I've heard this too. Maybe someone here has some mods that
would cool it down somewhat... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenwood-r5000/ I'd also look in the usual mods sites and see if someone has posted something along this line. Running that hot can't be all that healthy for the rx. 73s Mike GeorgeF wrote: I have an R-5000 which works great. However I'm wondering from others who own or have owned an R-5000 if you're gets hot? After being on for hours mine gets so hot you "almost" can't hold your hand on the top cover. Mine has done this for years and hasn't yet affected the receive performance but just wondering if this normal. My other HF rigs don't get hot (JRC NRD-525, Yaesu FT-847, RadioShack DX-394 or Kenwood TS-520) all of which are one 12-20 hours a day..... George http://www.MilAirComms.com |
michael agner schrieb: Yep, I've heard this too. Maybe someone here has some mods that would cool it down somewhat... Ask dx'tard how a bath -or at least a shower- works on cooling down... ;-) Has that thing an external voltage connector for 12 volts? If yes, get a good power supply and that's it. |
GeorgeF wrote: I have an R-5000 which works great. However I'm wondering from others who own or have owned an R-5000 if you're gets hot? After being on for hours mine gets so hot you "almost" can't hold your hand on the top cover. Mine has done this for years and hasn't yet affected the receive performance but just wondering if this normal. My other HF rigs don't get hot (JRC NRD-525, Yaesu FT-847, RadioShack DX-394 or Kenwood TS-520) all of which are one 12-20 hours a day..... I owned a R-5000 for several years and it did not get that hot. dxAce Michigan USA |
"GeorgeF" wrote in message nk.net... I have an R-5000 which works great. However I'm wondering from others who own or have owned an R-5000 if you're gets hot? After being on for hours mine gets so hot you "almost" can't hold your hand on the top cover. Mine has done this for years and hasn't yet affected the receive performance but just wondering if this normal. My other HF rigs don't get hot (JRC NRD-525, Yaesu FT-847, RadioShack DX-394 or Kenwood TS-520) all of which are one 12-20 hours a day..... George http://www.MilAirComms.com Mine gets hot too. Never a problem. -- 73 and good DXing. Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire! Zumbrota, Southern MN Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/ |
"dxAce" wrote in message ... GeorgeF wrote: I have an R-5000 which works great. However I'm wondering from others who own or have owned an R-5000 if you're gets hot? After being on for hours mine gets so hot you "almost" can't hold your hand on the top cover. Mine has done this for years and hasn't yet affected the receive performance but just wondering if this normal. My other HF rigs don't get hot (JRC NRD-525, Yaesu FT-847, RadioShack DX-394 or Kenwood TS-520) all of which are one 12-20 hours a day..... I owned a R-5000 for several years and it did not get that hot. dxAce Michigan USA I wouldn't say hot either but it does get warm. -- 73 and good DXing. Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire! Zumbrota, Southern MN Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/ |
Brian Hill wrote: "dxAce" wrote in message ... GeorgeF wrote: I have an R-5000 which works great. However I'm wondering from others who own or have owned an R-5000 if you're gets hot? After being on for hours mine gets so hot you "almost" can't hold your hand on the top cover. Mine has done this for years and hasn't yet affected the receive performance but just wondering if this normal. My other HF rigs don't get hot (JRC NRD-525, Yaesu FT-847, RadioShack DX-394 or Kenwood TS-520) all of which are one 12-20 hours a day..... I owned a R-5000 for several years and it did not get that hot. dxAce Michigan USA I wouldn't say hot either but it does get warm. Warm yes, hot no. dxAce Michigan USA -- 73 and good DXing. Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire! Zumbrota, Southern MN Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/ |
"GeorgeF" wrote in message nk.net... I have an R-5000 which works great. However I'm wondering from others who own or have owned an R-5000 if you're gets hot? After being on for hours mine gets so hot you "almost" can't hold your hand on the top cover. Mine has done this for years and hasn't yet affected the receive performance but just wondering if this normal. My other HF rigs don't get hot (JRC NRD-525, Yaesu FT-847, RadioShack DX-394 or Kenwood TS-520) all of which are one 12-20 hours a day..... George http://www.MilAirComms.com A close friend has an R-5000. He has confirmed that it runs way hotter then his R8b, but not so hot that you cant touch the top of the radio. He keeps his radio on a large counter top and said that his cat likes to sit on top of the radio when its on because its warm... :-) Michael |
Michael wrote: "GeorgeF" wrote in message nk.net... I have an R-5000 which works great. However I'm wondering from others who own or have owned an R-5000 if you're gets hot? After being on for hours mine gets so hot you "almost" can't hold your hand on the top cover. Mine has done this for years and hasn't yet affected the receive performance but just wondering if this normal. My other HF rigs don't get hot (JRC NRD-525, Yaesu FT-847, RadioShack DX-394 or Kenwood TS-520) all of which are one 12-20 hours a day..... George http://www.MilAirComms.com A close friend has an R-5000. He has confirmed that it runs way hotter then his R8b, but not so hot that you cant touch the top of the radio. He keeps his radio on a large counter top and said that his cat likes to sit on top of the radio when its on because its warm... :-) The suggestion to run it on a seperate 12 volt supply is a good one if it has the 12 volt option. I don't recall off hand if that was standard, or an option. I run my Drake R7 here on 12 volts due to having some diodes in the power supply failing in years past due to heat, but even the R7 does not run hot. The R7 hits the trail to Ohio tomorrow for a tune up. (This one has never been sent out by me for a tune up, but it reads just slightly off on the readout.) I'm looking forward to using it a bit more this dx season, and maybe snagging a few of the Indian regionals I don't yet have. dxAce Michigan USA |
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