[Elecraft] ARRL Contest & PA Temp @ +254C

[Dominik Bugmann]

Over the weekend I played at ARRL Contest. Sunday noon when I returned to my
shack I switched on my K2/KPA100 and the display said: HI TEMP. Hmm, outside
it was snowing @ -5C. Inside the shack was +10C and the KPA tells me it is
+254C. Something is wrong here! Well I recalibrated tPA to 10C and
everything was back to normal. I assume the temp meter does not care about
negative temperature and an underflow occured. When I initially calibrated
it was in my cozy livingroom at 22C.

Apart from this minor incidence 1107 QSO made it into my log and everybody
who worked me can put K2 #1062 against the Elecraft award. My plan was to
work all states on 15m (the same I did last year on 10m) but after 2 days -
17 hours behind the keys - ND and WY where still missing.

BTW: HI was worked during WPX RTTY one week ago and AK 2 years ago with 5W.
WY also 2 years ago with 5W and ND last year with 500W.

73 de Dominik, HB9CZF
http://www.swiss-artg.ch/hb9czf