Hank, I had exactly the same thing happen to me in WPX as I pushed F1. In my case the fan never went on though but the temp leveled off at about 47C. However, in my case, the power shutdown went in and, on 40m, the xcvr seemed to get hung up without any receive antenna when the transmission stopped. Did you experience either of these?
73, Dennis, K2SX -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of hank k8dd Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 4:43 PM To: G4ILO Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] PA Temp --- G4ILO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hank k8dd-3 wrote: > > > > I was sitting in a pileup at 90 watts and watching > the PA Temp - it got up > > to around 41 or 42 C (about 100 F) so I turned the > fan up a notch or two > > and it cooled right back down to around 20 C (70 > F). > > > How did you turn up the fan? I assumed that the K3 > would speed up the fan by > itself when the temperature rose above thresholds > defined in the firmware. The fans will increase speed when the PA gets hot, but while I was sitting there at 90 or 100 watts, pressing the function key to send my call over and over, I checked the PA temp and watched it rise, so it got me wondering! I'm not at home at the moment, but I think I went to CONFIG:PA nor When you turn the VFO B knob you can step through the fan speeds. I had to turn the volume down and you could just barely hear the fan speed come up. And you could see the PA temp come down real fast. The main reason I was wondering is because on one of my K2/100's you can definitely tell that the KPA-100 has been run very hot by looking at the solder pads. Never did work the XE2 on 6 M CW! 73 Hank K8DD -- 'Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience.' -anon -- _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
