[Elecraft] K3/100 -Second floor- no RF ground ??

David Christ radioham at mchsi.com
Thu Feb 25 19:02:52 EST 2010


I have never seen it in residential carpeting but some places where I 
have worked had carpets with a fine wire woven in with the other 
fibers.  It was to prevent static electricity.  You can also get 
little straps that go on the shoes to drain static electricty.

David K0LUM

At 2:46 PM -0500 2/25/10, Steve Ellington wrote:
>As for ESD....Someone here suggested going barefooted. I've verified this.
>It works. Socks are not allowed! This also lets you run "barefoot" while
>running the amp.  Replacing carpet with wood flooring helps too but a bit
>more expensive.


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