Oh, and I forgot to mention the 12 vdc muffin fan that I have sitting on the top that blows air into the rig.
Milt AD5XD --- On Mon, 1/10/11, Milton <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Milton <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 PA Temp > To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Date: Monday, January 10, 2011, 10:41 PM > > This seems a bit hot. I ran the whole contest QRO on > all bands. > The temp never got over 45C even when running and calling > CQ > every 15 sec or so. > > What band were you on when the temp went up? I once had a > problem on > 40m that was in part caused by RF getting back in via the > battery feed. > A couple of clamp-on chokes on both the positive and > negative together > seem to have cleaned this issue up > nicely. > > Milt > AD5XD > > > --- On Sun, 1/9/11, Fred Jensen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Fred Jensen <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 PA Temp > > To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]> > > Date: Sunday, January 9, 2011, 1:24 PM > > Playing around in the RTTY RU after a > > full effort in NAQP CW yesterday. > > PA temp @100W gets up to about 56C while CQ'ing, > so > > I backed off to > > 80W. Anyone know how hot is too hot? > > > > 73, > > > > Fred K6DGW > > - Northern California Contest Club > > - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011 > > - www.cqp.org > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
