[hpsdr] To Fan or Not to Fan

[Tim O'Rourke]

I am awaiting Pandora and wondering about fan requirements in general.
I have mine mounted in a mini-atx case with 5 watt pa and the temperature in the case does not seem to be an issue. That was the case until I installoed the LPU which disapates significant heat when left on for extended periods. Assuming that we will be using LPU for a while it seems like a fan for Pandora may be necessary even with out a high output PA.
Any thoughts on this and possibly a fan recomendation so I can get one on order???
Speaking of PA's, it would be nice to have a few independant, read isolated, Keying or PTTOUT outputs for add on "stuff". Some of my "stuff", linears etc, do not like sharing a common keying ground. I added a small relay to Gerd's very nice RX/TX switch which is working FB for my setup now but when Alex and other modules are added it would be nice to have this feature built in. Maybe a card with a few relays and and headers is all that is needed. You could use jumpers to configure.
Tim W4YN 

Tim O'Rourke 
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