Could it have been the battery that was cold and not delivering full output?
Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Oct 4, 2016, at 1:14 AM, Bill Frantz <[email protected]> wrote: > > During the California QSO Party, the temperatures in our operation tent > dropped below freezing. Two of us felt that we were not getting full power > out of our K3s when the internal temperatures were low. Given that we were > using the K3 to measure power output, low temperatures could be affecting the > measurement rather than the power. > > After sending CQ for 5 or 10 minutes, the K3s warmed up and the output power > rose to normal. Too bad calling CQ didn't warm the operators as well. HIHI > > Since we were getting about 90% power with the internal temperatures at zero > C, it is not a major issue, but we are curious. Has anyone else experienced > this effect? > > 73 Bill AE6JV > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Bill Frantz | Concurrency is hard. 12 out | Periwinkle > (408)356-8506 | 10 programmers get it wrong. | 16345 Englewood Ave > www.pwpconsult.com | - Jeff Frantz | Los Gatos, CA 95032 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
