I volunteered at the local blood center for 15 years or so. They had
wipes [can't remember the name] for hands, and Caviwipes for surfaces.
https://www.metrex.com/en-us/products/surface-disinfectants/caviwipes
One can should last all FD and then some, there's a big roll inside
soaked in the disinfectant. They seemed safe for any surface, we used
them to wipe down the apheresis machines which were covered with printed
legends and the like.
However, I'd recommend nitrile gloves for all the operators. They go
inside-out when removed, easy disposal, personal hand wipes for after
removal. Clean the radios, mics, paddles, keyboards, and
monitors/laptops after FD. This also shifts much of the responsibility
for appropriate behavior to the operators.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
On 6/16/2020 4:47 PM, George Thornton wrote:
Assuming this is not just keying you are also going to have to disinfect the
microphone. You also have issues with computer keyboards for logging.
For working with computers I would think the commercial equipment wipes would
be OK.
I typically wet paper towels with alcohol so it is damp but not dripping. I
have used that method to clean screens and keyboards on laptops with no
problems.
I do think the virus is pretty vulnerable outside the human body. 70 percent
or higher concentration of alcohol wiped across a surface should kill any virus
that got there.
-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Michael Van Norman
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 4:36 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Field Day and clean radios
This sounds like the right answer. Have operators use gloves and then clean
once at the end.
/Mike
K6VN
On 6/16/20 16:31, Wes wrote:
If you're going to worry about it, nitrile gloves.
Wes N7WS
On 6/16/2020 4:02 PM, AB1DD wrote:
Hi All,
Question on cleaning a K3, specifically during Field Day. We need to
clean the K3 before a change of operators. What is safe, IE not take
off the button labels? Alcohol? We will take the rubber ring off the
tuning nob.
What's good?
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