Stacked Cooling Solution for QXC/QDX ?


ve3ega
 

I just ordered one of these - it should work out for my QDX / QCX radios and my Quadra :)

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B083FDHPBH?ref_=as_li_ss_tl&language=en_US&linkCode=gg2&linkId=5e84893205f329a2633a6ba7c0e76090&tag=tecr2-20


William Smith
 

Nice find! Let us know how it works out. I’ve been fighting with SketchUp to build a better cooling solution for my Quadra, and just started an 18 hour print. Hopefully it’s better than the one that Inovata provides, which was a quick print and easily assembled, but doesn’t really direct the airflow at all. 

73, Willie N1JBJ

On Nov 30, 2022, at 7:38 AM, ve3ega <ve3ega@...> wrote:

I just ordered one of these - it should work out for my QDX / QCX radios and my Quadra :)

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B083FDHPBH?ref_=as_li_ss_tl&language=en_US&linkCode=gg2&linkId=5e84893205f329a2633a6ba7c0e76090&tag=tecr2-20


Joshua KJ7LVZ
 

On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 05:38 AM, ve3ega wrote:
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B083FDHPBH?ref_=as_li_ss_tl&language=en_US&linkCode=gg2&linkId=5e84893205f329a2633a6ba7c0e76090&tag=tecr2-20

 

 
I just ordered a Noctua fan to quiet down my TM-V71A running in our single room cabin as a BPQ node.  It is noisy enough to bother my wife and I at night; I can only imagine what noise that behemoth of a Pi cooling rack would put out.  Maybe a cup of water sitting on the QDX 5v regulator would be a good passive solution.  haha.

Joshua


ve3ega
 

lol, I contemplated 'Peltier devices',  a mini refrigeration unit but then also like the 'natural-derivative' of your cup of water idea - 'Water-Cooling' with an 'aquarium-pump' and copper-pipe?
ummm...


Lee
 

I think a Squirrel Cage Fan on the back would work wonders................. -)



Lee KX4TT



On Wednesday, November 30, 2022, 12:38:52 PM EST, ve3ega <ve3ega@...> wrote:


lol, I contemplated 'Peltier devices',  a mini refrigeration unit but then also like the 'natural-derivative' of your cup of water idea - 'Water-Cooling' with an 'aquarium-pump' and copper-pipe?
ummm...