I am sure others may have discovered this, but I will mention it anyway. It takes about one second to find out that a wrist strap, and its lead, are frequently in the way. I solved that problem by sliding the wrist band halfway up my forearm.
Unfortunately, it doesn't remond you to take it off when you get up from the table or put it back on when you sit down. ;-) 72, Neal WA6OCP K3/10/305 Dave Agsten wrote: > > Paul, > > I picked up an ESD mat at Radio Shack. I was a nice > size, had pockets for tools to stay in, the wrist > strap on a coiled cable and a 6 foot or so connection > to ground either via and alligator clip or banana > plug. The biggest problem was remembering to > disconnect the wrist strap ( via a banana plug ) when > I got up from the table. :-) > > > It was $24.95. The first employee in the store didn't > have a clue as to what I was asking for.....no > surprise there. > > 73, > Dave > N8AG > k3/100 #414 > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > 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 > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/RE%3A-ESD-Mat-tp15648544p15652833.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] 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
