I also put *everything* on a metal tea tray which has the Mohm resistor to earth. My wrist strap connects to the tea tray. Equi-potential is the secret. Put the unwrapped packets on the tray with the K3 and unwrap them onto the tray.
David G3UNA > Wear cotton clothing rather than nylon or highly static material; avoid > walking around on static-prone carpets. Wrap a length of bare copper > wire around your wrist and solder a 2 megohm resistor to it. Connect > that to a nearby ground connection. Just ensure that the K3 is always > at the same potential as yourself by touching its frame regularly. > > You should be okay at that. > > 73 de David G4DMP > > In a recent message, Kjeld Holm <[email protected]> writes >>I am about to install my subreceiver and would like to finish before the >>weekend but I have no ESD work place. How can I best protect the parts? Or >>do I have to wait until I can get the needed ESD equipment? > -- ______________________________________________________________ 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
