> >>When the PX3 is powered on "cold", it takes about 5 minutes for the > display to light up. >
Hi Jack, I recently experienced something similar to your PX3 situation. When you said "cold", I immediately perked up. During winter field day, I decided to take my PX3 with me. Our club worked outdoors in about -2C degree weather. The trailer I was in had a couple of portable space heaters. It felt like they were pumping out one BTU each :-). By the time I had the station setup, the temp increased to about 9C, maybe. It was still cold and I had to wear a coat. Anyway, I digress. When I powered on the PX3, the display was dark. Picked it up to hear the click of the power on. I heard a click. Hmmmm. I tried a couple of times. I disconnected all the inter-connect cables and still no display. I was a bit cold and had just finished exerting a lot of energy with the setup (antenna as well), that I just left it disconnected and put it away. I was a bit dejected, but I had to focus on the task at hand, because WFD was going to start in moments. I should have left it turned on for a little while to see if the display came back on after the internal circuitry warmed up a bit. But that never occurred to me because every other display in my station came to life immediately. After the PX3 had a chance to settle at home in the warmer climes of my shack, I connected everything back up and lo and behold, the PX3 display lit up. I was quite relieved. I wrote off the experience to the fact that the PX3 didn't like the cold weather. I don't either :-) Anyway Jack, I am happy to be another voice when you go to Elecraft support regarding the PX3 display not turning on when the unit is cold. I don't know the actual temperature that the PX3 doesn't like. But I never had this issue before. I can turn on the PX3, when in the house, and it comes on immediately after having sat for days in my basement shack. Regards, Brian VE3IBW > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
