Hi Bert I set VFO B display to monitor the PA temp and if I see it get near 50°C I turn on a fan.
I've got one of Howards heatsinks but haven't installed it yet.... Looks like a like I tried to post originally didn't make it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwxk4E01IfM 73 Brian On Sat, Dec 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Brian, have you tried reducing power output to 2.5 to 3 Watts (maximum) > and see if this problem persists? I had recurring shutdown with my KX3 in > PSK mode (also digital) until I realized it was going "over temperature"! > So I installed a Pro-Audio Engineering external heat sink and never had a > problem again! > Just a thought... > 73, Bert N4CW > > On Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 09:12:24 AM EST, Brian Collamer via > Elecraft <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi All > > I've noticed that at the end of a FT8 transmission, the SWR will jump > and if I've told WSJTx to monitor the SWR and stop TX if it's > than 2.5 > it will stop transmitting. Thought I had a bad connection in my antenna > but everything looks ok. > > Any idea if Elecraft knows about this? > > 73 > > KB1OPD > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] > ______________________________________________________________ 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]
