Not sure what Elecraft uses in the P3, but many LCD displays are only rated down to zero degrees C .... 32 degrees F.
Dave AB7E On 1/31/2011 11:38 AM, David Yarnes wrote: > Hi all, > > I recently set up my K3/P3 combination on my workbench in my garage in order > to do some rig comparisons, etc. The garage is not insulated, and here in > the desert it can get pretty chilly at night. Several nights have been > slightly below freezing outside, and inside the garage it can get down into > the mid 30's, or slightly higher. > > Anyway, I began noticing, on these colder nights, that my P3 didn't want to > "wake up" for a while. It would just show "0" for operating frequency, and > the display was not effective. Cycling the P3 on and off didn't seem to > accomplish anything, at least for a while. Eventually it would wake up, > presumably after just a little internal heat was generated. I'm pretty sure > this is just a temperature thing, since I never have the problem if > temperatures are more reasonable. I looked on the Elecraft website, but > didn't find any "specs" for operating temperature. I'm just wondering if > these were ever evaluated. The K3 doesn't seem to have a problem--just the > P3. > > Dave W7AQK > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
