[Elecraft] P3 Temperature Specs

[David Gilbert]

Not sure what Elecraft uses in the P3, but many LCD displays are only 
rated down to zero degrees C .... 32 degrees F.

Dave   AB7E



On 1/31/2011 11:38 AM, David Yarnes wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I recently set up my K3/P3 combination on my workbench in my garage in order
> to do some rig comparisons, etc.  The garage is not insulated, and here in
> the desert it can get pretty chilly at night.  Several nights have been
> slightly below freezing outside, and inside the garage it can get down into
> the mid 30's, or slightly higher.
>
> Anyway, I began noticing, on these colder nights, that my P3 didn't want to
> "wake up" for a while.  It would just show "0" for operating frequency, and
> the display was not effective.  Cycling the P3 on and off didn't seem to
> accomplish anything, at least for a while.  Eventually it would wake up,
> presumably after just a little internal heat was generated.  I'm pretty sure
> this is just a temperature thing, since I never have the problem if
> temperatures are more reasonable.  I looked on the Elecraft website, but
> didn't find any "specs" for operating temperature.  I'm just wondering if
> these were ever evaluated.  The K3 doesn't seem to have a problem--just the
> P3.
>
> Dave W7AQK
>
>
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