[Elecraft] Radio Shack ESD mat doesn't meet spec

[Brett Howard]

The issue is that ESD often doesn't immediately kill components.  More
often it simply shortens their lifespans.

~Brett (KC7OTG)


On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 20:59 -0400, Mike wrote:
> My antecdoctal evidence says it worked for me, both on the initial build 
> and on the removal and re-installation of the DSP board after upgrade. 
> I'm not going to argue with what Alan said, as I'm not qualified, but 
> I'm betting the health of my K3 on it, and wouldn't hesitate to pull it 
> out again. YMMV.
> 
> Perhaps Elecraft could publish what it considers to be minimum 
> requirements, but I'd be willing to bet a cold 807 that because of 
> liability issues, they'd go for the high-end specs.
> 
> 73, Mike NF4L
> 
> David Christ wrote:
> > So the question becomes does it work well enough for assembling 
> > Elecraft kits even though it does not meet industry specs.  Not 
> > backing any particular horse in this race, but I know that there are 
> > other areas in which industry specs are overkill for me.
> >
> > Who knows the answer?
> >
> > David K0LUM
> >
> >
> >
> > At 1:25 PM -0400 3/25/10, Gary Hvizdak wrote:
> >   
> >> All,
> >>
> >> With regard to the Radio Shack's 276-2370 "Anti-Static Service Kit", check
> >> out the message Alan Bloom (N1AL) posted a couple years ago which begins ...
> >>
> >> Well, I've convinced myself that the Radio Shack portable ESD mat, P/N
> >> 276-2370 doesn't work properly ...
> >>
> >> You can read the full text of Alan's post in the Reflector archives at
> >> http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/elecraft/2008-February/083794.html
> >>
> >> 73,
> >> Gary  KI4GGX
> >>
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