Are your SMA connectors facing up or down in the vertical position? I am thinking of placing it SMA connector down and removing the plate on the USB connector side. Mike N2MS

On 08/15/2022 2:28 AM jdow <jdow@...> wrote: A small computer fan cools the MKII admirably. Mounting it with the fins vertical also helps. Alas, that is a little stressful for the SMA connectors. {^_^}

On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 10:31 AM, jdow wrote:

You be kidding?  At the moment it is hanging above my desk with the antenna connector adapter chain resting on the top of my blood pressure monitor and the other is laying across my desk upon which the BP monitor stands. I make DAMNED sure I don't push down on it.

Ok, ok! I'll never ask again. ;-)
Now I have a temporary solution with my 130mm fan and I will order this one later:
ELUTENG 2 in 1 5V Lüfter USB Fan 40mm 3 Geschwindigkeiten 5500 rpm Klein Lüfter Starker Wind Ventilator Leise Mini PC Kühlung Lüfter Kompatibel für PS4/Laptop/TV Box/AV Schrank/Router : Amazon.de: Computer & Zubehör
20220815_162544.jpg

This is what I use:

AC Infinity MULTIFAN S1, Quiet 80mm USB Fan, UL-Certified for Receiver DVR Playstation Xbox Computer Cabinet Cooling : AmazonSmile: Computers & Accessories

KEYNICE Mini USB Clip and Desk Personal Fan, Quiet Operation, Desk Fan, Desk Fans, mini fan, table fan,4 Inch 2 Speed Portable Cooling Fan, 360° up and down Clip on Fan : AmazonSmile: Home & Kitchen

Both recommended.

Simon Brown

https://g4eli.com

https://sdr-radio.com

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Sent: 15 August 2022 09:31
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Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3

 

You be kidding?  At the moment it is hanging above my desk with the antenna connector adapter chain resting on the top of my blood pressure monitor and the other is laying across my desk upon which the BP monitor stands. I make DAMNED sure I don't push down on it. It gets warm but not what I'd call fatally warm. Around here our "AudioBox" machines cycle through after (masked) beats them to heck with theme park ride levels of shock and random power cycling. They get hot. A small 3" or 4" fan lying on top of the boxes drops temperatures enough. I figure a 2" fan or two on top of the MKII would do the same if you lose the cooling surface on the bottom that I have because it's floating between connectors.

{^_^}

On 20220815 00:52:22, Dirk wrote:

A small computer fan cools the MKII admirably. Mounting it with the fins vertical also helps. Alas, that is a little stressful for the SMA connectors.

Ok. Do you have photos how you made it?

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On 08/15/2022 2:28 AM jdow <jdow@...> wrote:


A small computer fan cools the MKII admirably. Mounting it with the fins vertical also helps. Alas, that is a little stressful for the SMA connectors.
{^_^}

On Aug 15, 2022, at 2:26 AM, jdow <jdow@...> wrote:



People who purchase it the MKII. Spot E-Skip while talking on HF.

{O.O}

On 20220814 08:07:12, Simon Brown wrote:

In SDR Console I run at 32 MHz internally, not 64 MHz.

• Gets too hot even at 32 MHz
• Don't really have the enthusiasm to get 64 MHz working - who really needs all that bandwidth?

Simon Brown

https://g4eli.com

https://sdr-radio.com

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Sent: 14 August 2022 16:01
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3

 

Too hot to go out, so had much time to make some drawings this weekend.  :)
As I saw e.g. the "Control Console" window for the RX888 in HDSDR, I had the idea to draw a similar fictitious Control Window for the RX-888 MKII, just to show how I imagine the internal function.
Is this basically true?

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A small computer fan cools the MKII admirably. Mounting it with the fins vertical also helps. Alas, that is a little stressful for the SMA connectors.

Ok. Do you have photos how you made it?

Yes, it's hot enough outside. Don't want to kill my SDR ... 😊

In SDR Console I run at 32 MHz internally, not 64 MHz.

• Gets too hot even at 32 MHz
• Don't really have the enthusiasm to get 64 MHz working - who really needs all that bandwidth?

Simon Brown

https://g4eli.com

https://sdr-radio.com

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Sent: 14 August 2022 16:01
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3

 

Too hot to go out, so had much time to make some drawings this weekend.  :)
As I saw e.g. the "Control Console" window for the RX888 in HDSDR, I had the idea to draw a similar fictitious Control Window for the RX-888 MKII, just to show how I imagine the internal function.
Is this basically true?

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Please use https://forum.sdr-radio.com:4499/ when posting questions or problems.

In SDR Console I run at 32 MHz internally, not 64 MHz.

• Gets too hot even at 32 MHz
• Don't really have the enthusiasm to get 64 MHz working - who really needs all that bandwidth?

Simon Brown

https://g4eli.com

https://sdr-radio.com

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From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of Dirk via groups.io <dottensm@...>
Sent: 14 August 2022 16:01
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] SDR Console and RX-888 MKII #sdr-consolev3

 

Too hot to go out, so had much time to make some drawings this weekend.  :)
As I saw e.g. the "Control Console" window for the RX888 in HDSDR, I had the idea to draw a similar fictitious Control Window for the RX-888 MKII, just to show how I imagine the internal function.
Is this basically true?

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Please use https://forum.sdr-radio.com:4499/ when posting questions or problems.

On 20220813 09:00:20, Brian Morrison wrote:

On Fri, 12 Aug 2022 19:24:37 -0700 "jdow" <jdow@...> wrote:

I wonder if any of this is related to the volcano in Tonga that delivered a mega-payload of water into the upper atmosphere. Normally North and South don't mix much. But this was a huge dose of high greenhouse material in "just the right place."

Volcanoes actually do the exact opposite of that, the dust from the eruption reduces solar illumination and the energy reaching the surface from the sun reduces by about 2.5W/m2. This is the reason for abnormally cool autumn/winter in the southwest Pacific area, Antarctica too. Record low temperatures recorded in the South Pole stations and also in Australia and New Zealand. It also looks like a grand solar minimum could appear in 2030-2040 due to the position of the outer planets. Volcanic activity follows the 22 year Hale cycle where the solar magnetic poles reverse, we should expect an increase in volcanic eruptions when the next inversion occurs https://solargsm.com/ explains this some more. Everything appearing in mainstream media about global 'heating' is reported by people captured by AGW researchers, and when measurements show otherwise then they are censored and cancelled and shouted down.

This discrepancy had scientists a little confused. You have some reading to do. The average volcano is either so far under water all you get are some blorps of gases or they are on land with no water in sight or site. The Tongan volcano happened just slightly underwater and moved a huge volume of water up way higher than is commonly seen. It is up at a level where it is expected to persist for a decade or so and affect weather as a greenhouse gas release.

Ma nature farted in the bathtub very close to the surface of the water. She got messy. We suffer. I would not be surprised to find the GW community is rigidly suppressing this information just as they suppress the news that a mere 1%  or 2% reduction in ALL emissions of CO2 is not likely to make any form of dramatic change. Magic lives in the minds of the pseudo-scientists. But that is independent of the unusual case of the Tongan volcano. It tossed water up where other volcanoes toss debris and even higher. The type of material up there makes a whale of a difference. What I do not know is whether this water up in the sky so high will or won't cross the equator.

{^_^}