Re: [Elecraft] Poor Man's ESD Mat? End of Thread
OK, thanks for all the responses. I got the message! It's like this - the package was not scheduled to arrive until tomorrow. I leave tomorrow morning for a business trip, and had planned to pick up a mat while on the trip. You know what a kid is like with a new toy! I was trying to decide whether it was OK to use the pink stuff temporarily. So, to play it safe, I just did some of the basic mechanical assembly (carry handle, rubber feet, SO239). That will suffice until I get a mat this week. It will be the weekend before things can get started anyhow. 73, Henry - K4TMC -Original Message- From: Don Wilhelm [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Mon, Nov 26 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Poor Man's ESD Mat? Ahhh, come on Henry - Surely, you can spare $20 for an anti-static mat to protect your $1300+++ investment in the K3 kit! TigerDirect (www.tigerdirect.com) has their stock number ULT33122 priced at $19.99. I don't know if they are available in the local store, but a phone call might give you that info. I have no relationship with TigerDirect except as a customer - I'm just passing information along. If you really want to go inexpensive, roll out some aluminum foil to keep everything at the same potential - you can even ground the foil with a 1 megohm resistor to the AC equipment ground that is likely found on every receptacle in the house. Congratulations on receiving your K3, and Happy Building. 73, Don W3FPR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First, don't worry, I have not started to remove anything from the ESD bags. There is quite a lot of that pink antistatic bubblewrap protecting the pieces of the K3 kit. Is is possible that those could be used as a static dissipating work mat? 73, Henry - K4TMC Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
Re: [Elecraft] Poor Man's ESD Mat? End of Thread
OK, thanks for all the responses. I got the message! It's like this - the package was not scheduled to arrive until tomorrow. I leave tomorrow morning for a business trip, and had planned to pick up a mat while on the trip. You know what a kid is like with a new toy! I was trying to decide whether it was OK to use the pink stuff temporarily. So, to play it safe, I just did some of the basic mechanical assembly (carry handle, rubber feet, SO239). That will suffice until I get a mat this week. It will be the weekend before things can get started anyhow. 73, Henry - K4TMC -Original Message- From: Don Wilhelm [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Mon, Nov 26 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Poor Man's ESD Mat? Ahhh, come on Henry - Surely, you can spare $20 for an anti-static mat to protect your $1300+++ investment in the K3 kit! TigerDirect (www.tigerdirect.com) has their stock number ULT33122 priced at $19.99. I don't know if they are available in the local store, but a phone call might give you that info. I have no relationship with TigerDirect except as a customer - I'm just passing information along. If you really want to go inexpensive, roll out some aluminum foil to keep everything at the same potential - you can even ground the foil with a 1 megohm resistor to the AC equipment ground that is likely found on every receptacle in the house. Congratulations on receiving your K3, and Happy Building. 73, Don W3FPR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First, don't worry, I have not started to remove anything from the ESD bags. There is quite a lot of that pink antistatic bubblewrap protecting the pieces of the K3 kit. Is is possible that those could be used as a static dissipating work mat? 73, Henry - K4TMC Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
