[Elecraft] What tools to build kx1

Mon Apr 19 19:18:00 2004

Yes, I bought one of these too, but had no chance to use the mat yet, but will
be.  :-)

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--- Ron D'Eau Claire <[email protected]> wrote:
> Good points Dave brought up. 
> 
> I use an antistatic pad on the bench with the wrist strap connected to it.
> That way, the cord to the wrist strap isn't in the way (it connects at the
> side nearest the edge of the bench) and things say grounded on the pad. It's
> also a nice soft pad to keep small bits from wandering off. The wrist strap
> had velcro and a simple snap so the ground can be removed when I walk away
> (and then I'm at the store and see people staring at the funny thing I'm
> wearing on my wrist...but that's another story...). 
> 
> The pad is about 10 by 18 inches - easy to roll up and put away when I work
> on some huge vacuum tube thing that wouldn't care if I attacked it with a
> Van De Graaf generator. 
> 
> Ron AC7AC
> 
> 
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