[Elecraft] For Mac users only

[Phil Hystad]

I agree.  I have had at least two Mac computers in my shack since I got licensed up again in 2004.  Currently I have a 17 inch Macbook Pro that I am currently typing, an iMac 24 sitting on the desk two feet from the rigs, and just add to that I have an iPad and an iPhone in the room too.  Oh, and a Windows laptop in the closet.  Upstairs is my wife's iMac-27 and her iPhone.  Oh, I forgot, I have an iPhone in the desk too but it is currently off and no SIM card in it.

The rigs are:  Elecraft K3+P3 and Icom 756 Pro III plus PW-1 1KW linear.  Never a problem.

73, phil, K7PEH

P.S.  I think if you ground your iMac you might cause memory leaks :-)


On Apr 10, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Adi Andrei wrote:

> I use a macbook pro with K3, it has been working flawlessly. I didn't see any need for grounding the mac.
> 
> Adi
> 2E0TTX
> 
> On 10/04/2011 19:31, Phil Townsend wrote:
>>   Please don't ban me from this list.... because I have another stupid ground question.
>> 
>> I have a nice 27 inch iMac. It's very fast and runs widows and lynx as well.
>> The USB port works very well will  K3# 4636.
>> The K3 is grounded to my buss under the table as are the other stuff BUT
>>  the iMac does not have a ground post or point. It does has a third wire into the AC outlet.
>> 
>> The outer shell does not look like it's suitable to bond to...
>> 
>> Does anyone have a rough idea how to go about applying a ground strap to a iMac.
>> 
>> I WILL be safe this year!
>> 
>> Phil
>> Santa Fe, NM
>> 
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