[Elecraft] K3 FP getting warm.

[Wayne Burdick]

I've seen it get as high as 40 C on a really hot day. This won't hurt anything. 

73,
Wayne
N6KR


On Feb 23, 2014, at 11:26 AM, NZ0T <nz0tham at gmail.com> wrote:

> I noticed today that the front panel of my K3/100 SN 1502 with the newer DSP
> board seems much warmer to the touch than before.   With the rig on and
> having not transmitted for over an hour the PA temp is 30C while the FP temp
> is 34C.  Room temp is 22.7C.  I have never seen this before.  The rig is
> working fine as far as I can tell.  I recently loaded the latest Beta
> firmware 4.83 but otherwise have made no changes.    Have I just not noticed
> in the over five and a half years I've owned the rig or should I worry about
> this?
> Or am I just getting old and can't remember? :)
> 
> 73 Bill NZ0T
> 
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