The issue is that ESD often doesn't immediately kill components. More often it simply shortens their lifespans.
~Brett (KC7OTG) On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 20:59 -0400, Mike wrote: > My antecdoctal evidence says it worked for me, both on the initial build > and on the removal and re-installation of the DSP board after upgrade. > I'm not going to argue with what Alan said, as I'm not qualified, but > I'm betting the health of my K3 on it, and wouldn't hesitate to pull it > out again. YMMV. > > Perhaps Elecraft could publish what it considers to be minimum > requirements, but I'd be willing to bet a cold 807 that because of > liability issues, they'd go for the high-end specs. > > 73, Mike NF4L > > David Christ wrote: > > So the question becomes does it work well enough for assembling > > Elecraft kits even though it does not meet industry specs. Not > > backing any particular horse in this race, but I know that there are > > other areas in which industry specs are overkill for me. > > > > Who knows the answer? > > > > David K0LUM > > > > > > > > At 1:25 PM -0400 3/25/10, Gary Hvizdak wrote: > > > >> All, > >> > >> With regard to the Radio Shack's 276-2370 "Anti-Static Service Kit", check > >> out the message Alan Bloom (N1AL) posted a couple years ago which begins > >> ... > >> > >> Well, I've convinced myself that the Radio Shack portable ESD mat, P/N > >> 276-2370 doesn't work properly ... > >> > >> You can read the full text of Alan's post in the Reflector archives at > >> http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/elecraft/2008-February/083794.html > >> > >> 73, > >> Gary KI4GGX > >> > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> 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 > >> > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
