[Elecraft] K3 PA Temp

[Milton]

Oh, and I forgot to mention the 12 vdc muffin fan that I have sitting on 
the top that blows air into the rig.

Milt
AD5XD


--- On Mon, 1/10/11, Milton <marleny at flash.net> wrote:

> From: Milton <marleny at flash.net>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 PA Temp
> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>, k6dgw at foothill.net
> Date: Monday, January 10, 2011, 10:41 PM
> 
> This seems a bit hot.  I ran the whole contest QRO on
> all bands. 
> The temp never got over 45C even when running and calling
> CQ 
> every 15 sec or so.
> 
> What band were you on when the temp went up? I once had a
> problem on 
> 40m that was in part caused by RF getting back in via the
> battery feed.  
> A couple of clamp-on chokes on both the positive and
> negative together
> seem to have cleaned this issue up
> nicely.   
> 
> Milt
> AD5XD 
> 
> 
> --- On Sun, 1/9/11, Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net>
> > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 PA Temp
> > To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> > Date: Sunday, January 9, 2011, 1:24 PM
> > Playing around in the RTTY RU after a
> > full effort in NAQP CW yesterday. 
> >   PA temp @100W gets up to about 56C while CQ'ing,
> so
> > I backed off to 
> > 80W.  Anyone know how hot is too hot?
> > 
> > 73,
> > 
> > Fred K6DGW
> > - Northern California Contest Club
> > - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011
> > - www.cqp.org
> >
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