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

[Leo Starrenburg PA5LS]

Isn't the set value (when calibrating) effective only after switching the K2
off and on again ?

73' Leo.


> 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.
> http://www.swiss-artg.ch/hb9czf
>