[Elecraft] Static Discharge Through K-Pod

[Ted Edwards W3TB]

There has been very low humidity this week, and I have had some shocks at
home.

When we got lots of static discharge shocks after walking on my
mother-in-law's carpet, I put some 1 Meg Ohm resistors under the light
switch cover screw for her to touch in the winter before the switch.  Silly
idea but it worked to discharge all the static but so slowly as to not
experience the shock.  There might be a similar solution to touching the
K-Pod.

My K-Pod arrived today, and my only annoyance is that the cables are too
short for both the radio line and the 12v line.

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 5:42 PM, Nr4c <nr4c at widomaker.com> wrote:

> Try a humidifier to reduce the static.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> ...nr4c. bill
>
>
> > On Mar 15, 2018, at 11:08 AM, Chuck Milam, N9KY <N9KY at arrl.net> wrote:
> >
> > Greetings, All!
> >
> > I'm getting static electricity shocks through my K-Pod case, and I need
> > some suggestions for mitigation.
> >
> > Background:  I keep my K-Pod on my operating desk just to the right of
> the
> > shack computer mouse. I've noticed when I walk over to the desk and grab
> > the mouse, the K-Pod will beep.  Further investigation shows I'm getting
> > static electricity discharge from my finger through the K-Pod, this
> morning
> > I even noticed an arc from my pinky finger to the K-Pod case. When the
> > K-Pod beeps, the D1 and D2 lights will cycle.
> >
> > The shack is carpeted, and I have a rolling chair on one of those plastic
> > chair mats (which can probably go away if necessary,) I suspect that mat
> is
> > probably contributing to the static problem.
> >
> > Obviously, I don't want static electricity discharging through my K-Pod
> and
> > then through my K3. I'd welcome any ideas for static mitigation
> > strategies.  I was thinking some sort of grounded mouse/keyboard mat,
> which
> > used to be more common, but seem hard to find these days.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Chuck Milam, N9KY
> > N9KY at arrl.net
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73 de Ted Edwards, W3TB and GØPWW

and thinking about operating CW:
"Do today what others won't,
so you can do tomorrow what others can't."