[Elecraft] KX2 in FT8 mode - heat? (Barry N1EU

Edward R Cole kl7uw at acsalaska.net
Fri Nov 24 19:23:00 EST 2017


I ran intensive frequency stability tests on my KX3 in 2014 after 
getting it.  Adding a VE3FMN heat sink and running the 
temp-compensation procedure maximum drift running JT65 on 6m showed 
+13-Hz drift in the first minute; no more than 10-Hz afterward.  That 
is good enough for JT65 (but not sure what WSPR or FT8 
require).  Before installing the heat sink drift was 54-Hz before temp comp.
http://www.kl7uw.com/KX3.htm

73, Ed - KL7UW
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