Thanks Jerry. +8F (-13 C) is the lowest mentioned here so far for KX3. I
will have to wait till next winter to try temperatures lower then that. Now
it only gets down to minus 8C in the night and day temperatures are all
above freezing.
73, Igor UA9CDC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Curry" <[email protected]>
To: "John K7JLT" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Igor Sokolov" <[email protected]>; "Mailman" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Operating temperature range ( second attempt)
I’ve run my KX3 at +8F with no problems but that was SSB. I’ve not done any
temp compensation on it. Also,
the radio was ‘warm’ +60F when started but was outside in the cold at +8F
for about 5 hours. It may have generated enough heat internally to help and
I’m not sure if a cold soaked radio would operate the same from a cold
start. Great little radio!!
Jerry
KL7EDK
On Mar 30, 2016, at 8:32 AM, John K7JLT <[email protected]> wrote:
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
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