.I tried my KX3 on digi modes and gave it up for this reason. I could run my FT-817 all day,but can't get 5 minutes from the KX3 at 5w..heck,I've even had mine shut down running ssb on 6m outside in the summer. Only "cure" I found was to run about 1 watt or less Scott W0SGM
KM4VX wrote > I am on my second KX3, having sold the first one and then find myself > missing it. However, I now find the KX3 routinely overheats in digital > modes. Specifically, at just 5 watts on WSPR with transmission time of 2 > minutes (as regulated by WSPR software) the KX3 overheats "HI TEMP" at a > minute and a half, resulting in a safety shutdown of the rig. This radio > has a wonderful built-in digital capability, but digital appears beyond > the rig's ability, save CW which is my main digital interest anyway. I > would like to use the KX3 occasionally on PSK, JT65 and WSPR without the > absurdity of having to buy an after-market heat sink to replace a factory > installed heat sink. There is no guarantee the after-market one is > superior, and it shouldn't be necessary since a radio with a digital > capability should not need some after-market accessory to enable the > advertised digital mode. I wonder if anyone has found a firmware or > software answer to the over heating problem. The overheating problem > happens regularly in digital modes and I believe comments about the KX3 > working correctly in digital are simply incorrect. This is not an antenna > issue and not an SWR issue. Thanks Ron KM4VX -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-and-Digital-Modea-tp7605122p7605148.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
