[Elecraft] Grounding Mat Chatter

[The Smiths]

Who thought that a Grounding Mat could generate over 100 emails.  People, it's a grounding mat.  Seriously...
 
> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:49:10 +0100
> From: elecraft at astromag.co.uk
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Grounding Mat Chatter
> 
> A proper grounding mat costs a fraction of the price of a transceiver, 
> so why not use a proper mat and avoid the risk? Perhaps Elecraft should 
> sell anti-static mats and wrist bands.
> 
> There have also been complaints that the DSP board upgrade included the 
> risk of static damaged boards being re-used and shipped to unsuspecting 
> K3 owners. As has been said on here countless times, static damage 
> doesn't necessarily show up straight away.
> 
> 73 Dave, G4AON
> -----------------------------
> For a grounding mat I simply used the anti-static bag the RF board was 
> packaged in. I clipped my wrist strap to it until the radio grew to be 
> a chassis. At that time I clipped the wrist strap to the chassis but 
> kept the "mat" in place. All sub-assembly components were unwrapped on 
> the "mat". Hence everything was the same potential.
> 
> The result: I didn't spend money on a mat I would only occasionally use 
> and #3995 is performing flawlessly. I guess you might call it the 
> "mid-west farm boy" approach, make due with what you have.
> 
> 
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