[Elecraft] K3 Technicians.....

[DW Holtman]

Hello,

Also, once the boards are stuffed and the techs are not handling sensitive 
components the ESD risk is greatly reduced. Once a device in soldered in the 
board, the grounds from the chip to the board ground help a lot in reducing 
the ESD problems.

However, some devices will work intermittently after being hit by static. It 
can punch a hole in the FET and seem good, but fail down the road.

Best,
DW Holtman
WB7SSN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jay Bromley" <jayw5jay at gmail.com>
To: "John Klewer" <n6ax at speakeasy.net>; <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Technicians.....


>I bet those blue mats under the rigs are anti static ones hooked up to a 
>ground bus of some sort?
>
> 73 de w5jay/jay..
>
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>> And not an ESD wrist strap visible anywhere.....
>>
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>>
>> N2ZDB at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>>Has anyone seen these pics yet:
>>> _http://www.elecraft.com/K3/pics/_ (http://www.elecraft.com/K3/pics/) 
>>> Looks like Elecraft has at least 3 Techs working on getting those units 
>>> out! I wouldn't mind doing that
>>>if they were in NC!  It would be much cheaper for them to operate  here:)
>>> Looks like they are still in Production Run#1 though with the "orders 
>>> with  deposits":(
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>N2ZDB
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