[Elecraft] Poor Man's ESD Mat? End of Thread

[k4tmc at aol.com]

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 <w3fpr at embarqmail.com>
To: k4tmc at aol.com
Cc: elecraft at 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

k4tmc at aol.com 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
>



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