I believe the radio might shut down somewhere above 80 C. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill
> On Mar 26, 2020, at 9:11 PM, Steve Anness <[email protected]> wrote: > > This question was posed last October by another on the reflector in regards > to the KX3 but does not look like there was a response. I had posed the > question once to Elecraft support and believe my email got lost in the > fray. When I posted the question to Elecraft support it was a month after > I received my KX2 and I was running 10 watts with it and it had gotten up > to 61C which is what prompted the question. > > I have been running FT8 at around 5 watts recently and I see it getting up > to 51C. > > At what point should I stop operating and let it cool down? I love my KX2 > and don't want to damage it. I do know that these are used in fields by > many so perhaps I am just being paranoid. > > 73 de KJ5T > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
