The best way to take care of this problem is to get a radio that is made for
the type of service that you are putting that to.  Get and old G E or
Motorola  radio.  You can pick something up on the use market for $60 or $70
and save your 2600 a trip back to yeasu for new finals.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Gistenson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 5:49 AM
Subject: Keeping my 2 meter transceiver cool


> Hello,
>
> I'm using my Yaesu FT2600m 2 meter transceiver as my echoLink link station
> radio. Even though it's transmitting at only 5 watts, it gets hot quickly.
> I've put a 120 second timeout on transmissions coming from the Internet,
> but the radio still gets hot and the timeouts are irritating to both me
> and the folks I'm talking to.
>
> Has anyone solved this problem? Pointed a fan at the radio? I've talked
> with a sighted ham who pointed a couple of pc fans at his radio and uses
> transistors and some other components in a home brew circuit that causes
> the radio's ptt to turn the fans on and off. What have others done?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> Dan
> n9pgm
>