[Elecraft] RE: I can't convince myself that it works (was K3 Kit vs Ready Built)

[drewko1 at verizon.net]

I wonder if the anti-static mats and wrist straps are something which
Elecraft might like to provide with the kits, assuming they could buy
them in quanity and sell them for a more reasonable price. 

Yes, these mats do provide insurance aganist potentially very costly
damage. However, in terms of technology and materials these things are
a real swindle. If the K3 was valued on the same scale as these rubber
mats, wire and alligator clips, it would probably cost about $25,000.

73,
Drew
AF2Z


>At 11:58:34 EST on Sat 23 Feb 2008 Alan Bloom (N1AL) wrote ...
>
>... bought one of those ESD mats.  But I can't convince myself that it
>works.  If I touch my meter probes to the mat I measure infinity ohms, no
>matter how close together the two probes are.  I know the meter works - If I
>hold one probe tip in each hand the meter measures a few 10's of megohms.