[Elecraft] Mac Grounding

Ray Sills raysills3 at verizon.net
Mon Apr 11 20:53:10 EDT 2011


Hi Rick:

Where to you connect that ground strap?  My iMac (17" Intel) is  
totally encased in plastic!

73 de Ray
K2ULR

On Apr 11, 2011, at 8:46 PM, Rick Prather wrote:

> Yes, I do.   I have a ground strap running from my iMac to the  
> radio and can tell the difference when using sound card modes.
>
> Just for fun you might take a Volt meter on low scale and check  
> from the iMac chassis to the radio chassis.  You may be surprised  
> at how much potential difference there is.   Especially if they  
> aren't both plugged in to the same house circuit  (and even if they  
> are)
>
> Rick
> K6LE



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