[Elecraft] T1 Operational Temperature Limits?

[Kevin Rock]

-30?  What about the really cold temperatures you get in late January and  
early February?  I am from Wisconsin and it hit -65 one night.  It was  
rather brisk out to say the least.  You may want to bring the T1 inside at  
that point and keep it warm.  I doubt the T1 is built to milspec standards  
nor does it use milspec parts.  Below -20F you may experience some thermal  
contraction issues which are different for each material in the gadget.   
That 'could' break a few connections.  But I will wait until the  
empiricists arrive for some stories of how the T1 survived a real winter.
    VY 73,
       Kevin.  KD5ONS
       Wisconsin born and bred which is why my melting point is only  
slightly above that of water :)




On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:41:08 -0700, GeorgeP1111 <pasek001 at umn.edu> wrote:

> I'm just about ready to put up a 44' Doublet and feed it with 300 ohm  
> Twin
> Lead.  I'm going to connect the Twin Lead to a balun and the T1 at the  
> base
> of the Doublet mast and run about 35' of RG213 back to the shack and my
> FT-817ND (soon to be a KX3).
>
> I was wondering if the T1 could withstand the cold temperatures we get  
> here
> in Minnesota.  I wrote Elecraft Support asking if there were any specs  
> or if
> they thought a temp of -30 to +100 F would cause any problems.  Dale
> responded, "We do not have any real information on what the temperature
> limits are, so we suggest you post on the reflector and ask for input  
> from
> other T1 users who have over the years had T1's out in varying  
> environmental
> conditions."
>
> Any "Snowmen" out there?
>
> Also.... I'll be needing a BL2 balun so if someone has one they don't
> need/use, drop me a note off list.
>
> tnx
> de George
> WD0AKZ
>
> pasek001 at umn.edu
>
>
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