![]() ![]() He only uses the radio at 5W output and it’s perfectly good for that. As this was written well over a year ago I contacted Andy to see if he was still happy with this replacement fan and he replied that he was but with one caveat. I did some searching and discovered that Andy, MW0MWZ had found a suitable replacement fan and written about it on his blog. In the car that’s not a problem but it’s a big issue in the shack. You can see the exact specifications of the factory fan here and at 9,000rpm, it’s no surprise it’s noisy. I checked and it’s a Delta fan and they have a reputation for being loud. When it kicks in, it sounds like a jet aircraft taking off. It doesn’t get much use but I’m monitoring GB3CL and GB7TE most of the time.Ībout the only thing which I don’t like about this radio is the cooling fan. I’m a happy owner of two Icom ID-5100 radios, one is mounted in the car and I use the other one in the shack on low power for working the local repeaters. ![]()
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