Jack, I suspect that it really doesn't matter too much - components these days are far less susceptible to turn-on shock.
Were the electrical energy free, I would probably leave it all on. And all the lights, heating etc, but that's a different matter as we all know :-) Now, according to something I've read today on the BBC website, if your guys over at the skunkworks at Lockheed-Martin can pull off their fusion reactor as they hope, we _shall_ be able to leave it all on without regard to cost/global warming etc! I wish them luck with that! Looks very interesting. 73, Stephen G4SJP On 17 November 2014 23:16, W4GRJ <[email protected]> wrote: > My question is technical not financial.... I just wanted opinions of > which is best for the equipment on 24/7 or not.... Maybe the answer is it > doesn't matter. > Jack > W4GRJ > > > On Nov 17, 2014, at 5:40 PM, norrislawfirm2 <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Why would you want to leave it on? It's just wasting power, though being > Elecraft, not much. I turn everything off, ground all antennas, and switch > the k-line into a dummy load. Even for the demands of EME the K3 and > XV-144 are stable in 20 minutes. > > I once had the K3 go into a runaway state where it started transmitting on > a 12 mhz frequency I use to listen to marine cw during the annual Night of > Nights. Smoke escaped. Elecraft Support was baffled, but it has never > reoccured (after the K3 was repaired). It could have been my PC. > > I leave the K3 unattended when it is running WSPR, but I don't understand > what the upside is to leaving everything on when there are known and > unknown downsides, static discharges for example. > > Stuff Happens. > > 73 > > Eric WD6DBM > > > Sent on a Sprint Samsung Galaxy S® III > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: w4grj > Date:11/17/2014 5:47 AM (GMT-08:00) > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 KPA500 power on 24/7 > > What are opinions of leaving my K3 and KPA500 on 24/7 or should they > be powered on and off for daily use? > Jack > W4GRJ > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
