Fan question on K3
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First, I'm having no trouble with my K3 ( which was delivered to me a week before they announced the S grrrrrrr).
I have NEVER felt or heard the fans running! My K3 ( nick named Buster ) is warm to the touch, never HOT, but still even in a 48 hour contest I've never been aware of them running! Either buster don't need to cool off or something is wrong? Anyone have an opinion on this? W5sum Ronnie ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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I have not heard the fans on my k3 since 2008...:-)
Oh, and I don't expect to in the future. If you are unsure, place your fingers close and feel the breeze. 73 Gary -----Original Message----- From: "Ronnie Hull" <[hidden email]> Sent: 17/04/2016 5:38 AM Cc: "Elecraft Reflector" <[hidden email]> Subject: [Elecraft] Fan question on K3 First, I'm having no trouble with my K3 ( which was delivered to me a week before they announced the S grrrrrrr). I have NEVER felt or heard the fans running! My K3 ( nick named Buster ) is warm to the touch, never HOT, but still even in a 48 hour contest I've never been aware of them running! Either buster don't need to cool off or something is wrong? Anyone have an opinion on this? W5sum Ronnie ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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The manual describes a "Fan test procedure" to run the fans at each speed to make sure they are working. You can also use this to set the fans to a speed if you are working in a warm room or outdoors in sun and running high power and find the radio unusually hot.
Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Apr 16, 2016, at 3:37 PM, Ronnie Hull <[hidden email]> wrote: > > First, I'm having no trouble with my K3 ( which was delivered to me a week before they announced the S grrrrrrr). > I have NEVER felt or heard the fans running! My K3 ( nick named Buster ) is warm to the touch, never HOT, but still even in a 48 hour contest I've never been aware of them running! > Either buster don't need to cool off or something is wrong? > Anyone have an opinion on this? > > W5sum Ronnie > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Ronnie,
You can manually select a minimum fan speed if desired. See the CONFIG:KPA3 menu entry. 73, Bob Nobis - N7RJN [hidden email] > On Apr 16, 2016, at 12:37, Ronnie Hull <[hidden email]> wrote: > > First, I'm having no trouble with my K3 ( which was delivered to me a week before they announced the S grrrrrrr). > I have NEVER felt or heard the fans running! My K3 ( nick named Buster ) is warm to the touch, never HOT, but still even in a 48 hour contest I've never been aware of them running! > Either buster don't need to cool off or something is wrong? > Anyone have an opinion on this? > > W5sum Ronnie > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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>>> buster don't need to cool off <<<
Quit worrying !!!! WORRIsum! Buster was made by Elecraft!!! Milverton / W9MMS. From: Ronnie Hull <[hidden email]> To: Cc: Elecraft Reflector <[hidden email]> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 2:37 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Fan question on K3 First, I'm having no trouble with my K3 ( which was delivered to me a week before they announced the S grrrrrrr). I have NEVER felt or heard the fans running! My K3 ( nick named Buster ) is warm to the touch, never HOT, but still even in a 48 hour contest I've never been aware of them running! Either buster don't need to cool off or something is wrong? Anyone have an opinion on this? W5sum Ronnie ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Buster rocks! Buster has worked 212 countries since I birthed him!
Ronnie Sent from Ronnie's IPhone > On Apr 16, 2016, at 15:19, <[hidden email]> <[hidden email]> wrote: > > >>> buster don't need to cool off <<< > > Quit worrying !!!! WORRIsum! > Buster was made by Elecraft!!! > > Milverton / W9MMS. > > > > > From: Ronnie Hull <[hidden email]> > To: > Cc: Elecraft Reflector <[hidden email]> > Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 2:37 PM > Subject: [Elecraft] Fan question on K3 > > First, I'm having no trouble with my K3 ( which was delivered to me a week before they announced the S grrrrrrr). > I have NEVER felt or heard the fans running! My K3 ( nick named Buster ) is warm to the touch, never HOT, but still even in a 48 hour contest I've never been aware of them running! > Either buster don't need to cool off or something is wrong? > Anyone have an opinion on this? > > W5sum Ronnie > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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To adjust for a specific fan speed, this
is as written in the manual: ------ Fan Speed The K3S/100 includes two large, quiet fans. Fan speeds are normally selected automatically, but you can manually select a minimum fan speed if desired. See the CONFIG:KPA3 menu entry. -------- I never have found the K3 to get hot, ever. Nothing like the hot my old Drake TR-7 used to get. That said, I'm a bugger for driving with low power so I often have the amp on in case there's some DX I want to go for and don't want to wait for the warm up period. So I'll set the drive from the K3 (& now the K3s), at 2-5 watts or so and with the amp being QSK, it works perfectly and if I want to go QRP, I'm already there. I could just drive the radio at 100W which is what most of us do but I like doing it this way. Besides, I don't like turning the amp on & off multiple times throughout the day, I understand that isn't nice to the tubes over the course of years. So this way I have a cool rig, no issues with distortion, and the amp is always ready to go. Only downside is a higher noise level in the shack but to that end, I almost always wear the Bose QC-15 and they make the noise go away. 73, Gary KA1J ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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On Apr 16, 2016, at 17:53, Ron D'Eau Claire <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > The reading is in Celsius so if your room thermometer is in Fahrenheit calculate > the corresponding Celsius value: Deg. C = (deg. Fahrenheit - 32) X 0.555. If you prefer to do the calculation in your head, I find it easier to think of the formula to convert C to F as: Deg. C = (deg. Fahrenheit - 32) X 5/9 or, if you want to convert the other way: Deg. F = (9/5 x Deg. C) + 32 Hope this helps. 73, John K8AJS [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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