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

[Mike]

Oh? I didn't know that. How's that work?

Mike

Brett Howard wrote:
> The issue is that ESD often doesn't immediately kill components.  More
> often it simply shortens their lifespans.
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> ~Brett (KC7OTG)
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> On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 20:59 -0400, Mike wrote:
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>> 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
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>> David Christ wrote:
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>>> 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:
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>>>       
>>>> 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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