Speaking of temperature - A week or two ago I complained about the fans continuously speeding up and slowing down during a contest. Since then I have set the fans to run continuously at low speed (config kpa3=fn1). The fans are almost inaudible at this speed, and I didn't hear them cycling up and down during the 160 cw or bartg sprint contests. The rigs were running only 50 watts though, driving high gain amps.
The NAQP RTTY contest is coming up on Feb 28. That's a 100w RTTY contest. The rigs will get a workout there. I'll keep an eye on pa temp and fan speed. I did verify that with kpa3=fn1, the fans do speed up if pa temp rises. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "wayne burdick" <n...@elecraft.com> To: <m...@paxsen.com> Cc: <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 4:39 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 temperature > The fans only come on in response to the PA temp sensor. > In a future > release they'll also come on if the FP temperature is > excessive. But so > far, I haven't seen any reports of excessive FP > temperature -- they're > all in the acceptable range. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > On Jan 27, 2009, at 6:21 AM, Mike Scott wrote: >> >> My FP temperature rose from 18 C to 35 C in a three-hour >> test >> yesterday. > > > --- > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
