Well you can just imagine the problem for Elecraft if they decided to
approve a particular ESD mat:
- they'd have to choose one or two out of the bunches of the ones available
- offer some reason they preferred these one or two over the others.
- get them in stock, set a price for them.
-
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Grounding Mat Chatter
Well you can just imagine the problem for Elecraft if they decided to
approve a particular ESD mat:
- they'd have to choose one or two out of the bunches of the ones available
- offer some reason they preferred these one or two over the others.
- get them
Some of the anti-static bags that Elecraft use are the pink ones. Those
are non-conducting and get their anti-static properties by not
generating static, rather than dissipating it. They would be useless as
an anti-static mat.
kf4by wrote:
For a grounding mat I simply used the anti-static
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
This thread got me off onto a tangent, trying to measure resistances on
some of these anti-static materials, such as the black foam pad and the
silvery plastic envelope. I had a capacitor discharge through the
unknown and used a MOSFET to monitor the capacitor, since a 10 M-ohm DMM
would have
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Some of the anti-static bags that Elecraft use are the pink ones. Those
Reminds me of some of the aviation newsgroups I follow - some topics go on
and on, die down for a few days/weeks and then start back up all over again
(props and oil for example). It's generally things that you can't confirm go
one way or the other until after a looong time and a lot of money
.
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Some of the anti-static bags
This would be like buying a new Apple computer every 2 years.
Chris W7CTH
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Sent: Sun, March 28, 2010 10:11:36 AM
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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: elecr...@astromag.co.uk
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Grounding Mat Chatter
A proper grounding mat costs
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Being in the semiconductor business and having sat by a anti-static
crusader in a previous company, I can tell you you're completely wrong
about long-term damage. However, if you want to treat your rig like a
normal computer and get a new one
Just checking my records here Bob. I think Obsessimg About Grounding Matts
runs on a quarterly cycle around here. It seems to be winding down now, so you
can expect it to start all over again around the end of June.
Too bad Elecraft doesn't included an approved grounding matt with each of
Hi Guys,
I've never posted to this group before but I decided to put in my 2 cents
regarding the Grounding Mat discussions. Seems all y'all making this way too
scientific..but maybe I'm missing something
For a grounding mat I simply used the anti-static bag the RF board was
Stan,
Welcome to the Elecraft reflector.
Your techniques may have been just fine, but only time will tell. The
insidious thing about ESD is that it can partially damage components,
which shortens their life. The fact that they do not fail immediately
does not mean that your anti-static
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