Who thought that a Grounding Mat could generate over 100 emails. People, it's a grounding mat. Seriously... > Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:49:10 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Grounding Mat Chatter > > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/210850553/direct/01/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected]
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