[Elecraft] K3/100 suddenly shut down on FT8 TX

[Keith Onishi]

LPA temperature may be over its upper limit during transmitting FT8.
If so, I would suggest to check and tighten the 3 screws securing 3 LPA transistors to the rear bottom cover.

73 de JH3SIF, Keith

> 2020/06/09 9:00、Yoshida Akira <ja1nlx0205 at my.email.ne.jp>のメール:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I have never seen this for many years, however I recently noticed twice
> when transmitting FT8 with 100W. No alarm and error message.
> When I simply push POWER button in front panel then it turns ON again.
> 
> PA temp, DC voltage and DC current looks good. I do not believe RFI
> cause this problem.
> 
> Any idea ?
> 
> -- 
> 73 de aki
> JA1NLX
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