[Elecraft] (OT) Grounding Mat

[lstavenhagen]

The mat doesn't have to be grounded, but you, the rig, and anything else
that's going to touch the rig all have to be at the same electrical
potential at all times. So that generally means a wrist strap attached to
the mat for you and some way to attach your soldering station to the mat
also. 

When I was preparing to build my K2, I splurged and bought a good Desco mat
(Antistat T2) from Mouser. It was pricey but well worth it many times over.
It came with hardware to attach to the mat and female plugs for plugging in
2 wrist straps (1M resistors are built in). It also came with a lead that
fits over the grounding post on a 3-prong AC plug (also electrically
attached to the mat through a 1M resistor), I put this over the ground prong
on my soldering station. That got everything hooked up together via the
suggested 1M resistance.

The other good thing is the mat doubles as a great mat for the operating
table. It's vinyl on top so the rig, keyer, etc. all firmly stay put......

73,
LS
W5QD
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