Mike, A point worth mentioning I believe, is that a static drain resistor placed inside a transceiver/ transmitter/ receiver as you suggest will provide some protection against static should an external static drain resistor fail into an open condition. Certainly good practice IMHO.
73, Geoff LX2AO On September 09, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Mike Morrow wrote: > Well...perhaps because the addition of an internal high-ohm static bleed > resistor at *any* radio set's antenna connection is trivial yet very good > engineering practice that has no identifiable adverse effects and that > costs essentially nothing. > > That's an 'all-win/no-lose' situation to this electrical engineer's eyes. > :-) ______________________________________________________________ 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
