I have operated my K1 (after cap modification by Elecraft) & KX1 at - 40 C & F with only my fingers suffering from the cold. When I did temp compensation on my KX3 I took it down to -10 C. I know KL7EDK in Fairbanks AK may operate on the Yukon Quest with a KX3 which gets very very cold.
John K7JLT Igor Sokolov <[email protected]> wrote: >There were no responce to the initial message so I post it again: > >I have both K3 and KX3 and I sometimes use them outside in a field >operation. Here in Russia we have one funny QRP contest called "Frost-red >nose" where extra points are given for low temperature environment during >field operation. The contest happens in January when in some places >temperatures can be down to minus 30 C. I did not find temperature >requirements for K3/KX3 in the specs. Can somebody give me a hint or may be >share own experience. What would be the lowest temperature where the rig >will still perform adequately? > >73, Igor UA9CDC > >______________________________________________________________ >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]
