{"id":313,"date":"2014-05-07T19:05:09","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T19:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/?p=313"},"modified":"2014-05-07T19:05:09","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T19:05:09","slug":"kx3-heatsink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/?p=313","title":{"rendered":"KX3 Heatsink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I enjoy using the digital modes and have made many contacts using my KX3. \u00a0Recently, I found on the internet some information about modifying the heatsink on the KX3 to allow more power&#8230;up to 8-10 watts. \u00a0I found W5TOM&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.w5tom.com\/KX3%20Page.htm\">page<\/a> very helpful, and it appears that there are now other Hams that are creating their own mods for sale.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some photos of my creation. \u00a0I&#8217;d like to powder-coat the outside eventually. \u00a0Remember that any areas that you want to transmit heat need to be bare.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kx3-back.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-314\" alt=\"kx3-back\" src=\"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kx3-back.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kx3-back.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kx3-back-300x177.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kx3-back-500x296.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kx3-quarter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-315\" alt=\"kx3-quarter\" src=\"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kx3-quarter.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kx3-quarter.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kx3-quarter-300x212.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kx3-quarter-424x300.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kx3-side.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-316\" alt=\"kx3-side\" src=\"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kx3-side.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"982\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kx3-side.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kx3-side-300x294.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kx3-side-305x300.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I enjoy using the digital modes and have made many contacts using my KX3. \u00a0Recently, I found on the internet some information about modifying the heatsink on the KX3 to allow more power&#8230;up to 8-10 watts. \u00a0I found W5TOM&#8217;s page &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/?p=313\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317,"href":"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions\/317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nf3v.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}