Shade definitely can help. I had this happen during a field day a few years ago with some older tube gear. It worked great all night. As soon as the sun came up and it started getting brutally hot again, the receiver heard less and less. When I got the receiver home after field day, out of curiosity I plugged it in - it worked as normal.. Still does.
James Kern Network Administrator Kurt S. Adler, Inc. 1107 Broadway New York, NY 10010 212-924-0900 x222 (work) 212-807-0575 (fax) 908-451-6801 (cell) 800-209-7438 (pager) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stuart Rohre Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 3:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Heat related issue Yeah Steve, there is a fix, it is called shading the Radio! You probably exceeded the temperature limits of inside components. I had a tuner that kept getting out of adjustment at Field Day one year. Finally, I realized that the sun angle had changed to bear directly on the dark case and the inductor was heating up and changing value. Put some shade over the rig by moving it on table and everything went back to normal. GL, Stuart K5KVH _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
