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

[Rose]

Any chance of model confusion between K2 and K3?  I recall adding them to
my K2 ... a case of having to hold my tongue just so in order to hold them
and their hardware in place.  Not a place for fat fingers!

73!

K0PP

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 17:36 hawley, charles j jr <c-hawley at illinois.edu>
wrote:

> 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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