----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig WØLV" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 2:14 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Max PA temp when doing Digital
> Just curious if anyone knows what the max PA temp should be > while doing > Digital??? ----------------------------- Here is a copy of a posting I made on 20090312: Earlier today, I remarked that one of my K3's was running warm in the NAQP RTTY after an extended number of RTTY CQ's. Tonight I did a little experiment - key down at 100 watts for four minutes while noting PA Temp and fan speed. It turns out that there really is no problem. Both K3's behaved identically and both leveled off at PA Temp = 64C after about 3 minutes. For the record, here are the results (best viewed with Courier font): Time Temp Fan 0:00 26C 0 0:26 37 1 0:44 41 2 1:19 50 3 1:45 55 4 2:40 60 4 2:50 62 4 3:15 64 4 4:00 64 4 Room temp was 77F. According to the manual, the PA is set to drop into bypass at 84C, so it didn't even come close. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, AZ . ______________________________________________________________ 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
