[Elecraft] Conception of a K2

[Darwin, Keith]

Tape - cardboard - plastic - paper - Ahhhh!!!!

My ESD training (what little I've had) is causing all sorts of alarm
bells to go off!  I fear that many of us have taken techniques that
worked fine in the pre-ESD days and are applying them in cases where
they are dangerous.

Yea, I know that caps (most at least) and resistors are not ESD
sensitive, but that partially assembled K2 board, already populated with
some ICs is.

When I did my K2, I had it on a grounded ESD mat and I wore a wrist
strap the whole time.  I stored all my parts in metal mixing bowls or
just laid them on the mat.  I'm sure this was overkill but it was easier
to use good ESD practice than to try to discipline myself to apply it
only when it was needed.

- Keith N1AS -
- K2 5411.ssb.100 -

-----Original Message-----
    While building my KX-1: When I conducted my inventory, I taped the
resistors, inductors and capacitors right to the pages of the book.