[Elecraft] K3 powers off when after several minutes of 12W carrier

[hawley, charles j jr]

So there was a time early on for the K3 when the pads were not installed? I looked at my 2010 assembly instructions and they required them. So I must have put them in.

Chuck Jack 
KE9UW

Sent from my iPhone, cjack 

> On Mar 28, 2018, at 6:24 PM, Brian Hunt <huntinhmb at coastside.net> wrote:
> 
> For folks who run lots of high duty cycle modes, Elecraft is now recommending 'thermal pads' between the LPA transistors and the bottom cover. I found this out when I was doing some mods to my 10yo K3 and the instructions said to install them and I didn't have 'em. You can get them from Elecraft, not expensive. 
> 
> 73,
> Brian, K0DTJ
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