[Elecraft] K3 drift

[JIM DAVIS]

> Steven.Zabarnick at notes.udayton.edu wrote:
>> During the past week I have noticed my K3 drifting during the first 20
>> seconds after power up. I hadn’t noticed this previously in my three month
>> old K3 (SN 1672), so I’m wondering if this is normal? With winter here it
>> is colder in my basement shack (maybe down 55 F), so perhaps that could
>> explain the drift.
>>
>> I haven't measured the drift, but definitely have not noticed it in the
>> past.
>>
>> Does anyone else observe this drift? Is this normal during warmup?
>>
>> Steve N9SZ
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Steve,
With your question in mind is it REALLY NECESSARY to have temp. comp oven for our
rather stable rigs to begin with???  Our newer rigs a now measured in "PPM" instead
of KHZ. per hr. drift factor!!!

It seems that in our hobby why in the heck would any individual really need a TCXO or whatever
in the first place?  As most ovens are only switched on when the rig is instead of being
on CONTINUOUSLY whether the main rig is ON or OFF!!!  Ovens really don't make that much
sense!

Jim/nn6ee