A proper grounding mat costs a fraction of the price of a transceiver, so why not use a proper mat and avoid the risk? Perhaps Elecraft should sell anti-static mats and wrist bands.
There have also been complaints that the DSP board upgrade included the risk of static damaged boards being re-used and shipped to unsuspecting K3 owners. As has been said on here countless times, static damage doesn't necessarily show up straight away. 73 Dave, G4AON ----------------------------- For a grounding mat I simply used the anti-static bag the RF board was packaged in. I clipped my wrist strap to it until the radio grew to be a chassis. At that time I clipped the wrist strap to the chassis but kept the "mat" in place. All sub-assembly components were unwrapped on the "mat". Hence everything was the same potential. The result: I didn't spend money on a mat I would only occasionally use and #3995 is performing flawlessly. I guess you might call it the "mid-west farm boy" approach, make due with what you have. ______________________________________________________________ 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
