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  • DVB-T Dongle Heatsink Mod

    Hi all,

    Have recently mounted my ADSB antenna on the roof from being inside for many months and am now enjoying much greater range. The DVB-T Dongle is now in the roof cavity and in summer the temperatures there get really hot. Has anyone cracked open the dongle for a heatsink mod? Was also thinking of placing a small solar panel on the roof to run a fan on the heatsink as well. Any info or suggestions?

    Cheer, Chris.

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    Originally posted by Chris.FR24 View Post
    Hi all,

    Have recently mounted my ADSB antenna on the roof from being inside for many months and am now enjoying much greater range. The DVB-T Dongle is now in the roof cavity and in summer the temperatures there get really hot. Has anyone cracked open the dongle for a heatsink mod? Was also thinking of placing a small solar panel on the roof to run a fan on the heatsink as well. Any info or suggestions?

    Cheer, Chris.
    The latest RTL-SDR Blog dongle uses an aluminum case with some 'heat tape' to couple the hot bits to the case. You could do that but using a small aluminum Northbridge heatsink.

    As for fan,, there is 5v available on the RPi pins to run a small fan.

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    • #3
      Some nice ideas on that site. Found some thermal images there as well. Already have a small aluminium enclosure - will sift through the computer parts junk pile for bits and pieces, and a good excuse to get the Dremel out! Also didn't realise all the different dongle configurations that exist out there, a lot of talk of "TCXO" .. will need to do a bit more research ....

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