[Elecraft] Field Day and clean radios

[Fred Jensen]

I volunteered at the local blood center for 15 years or so.  They had 
wipes [can't remember the name] for hands, and Caviwipes for surfaces.

https://www.metrex.com/en-us/products/surface-disinfectants/caviwipes

One can should last all FD and then some, there's a big roll inside 
soaked in the disinfectant.  They seemed safe for any surface, we used 
them to wipe down the apheresis machines which were covered with printed 
legends and the like.

However, I'd recommend nitrile gloves for all the operators.  They go 
inside-out when removed, easy disposal, personal hand wipes for after 
removal.  Clean the radios, mics, paddles, keyboards, and 
monitors/laptops after FD.  This also shifts much of the responsibility 
for appropriate behavior to the operators.

73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
On 6/16/2020 4:47 PM, George Thornton wrote:
> Assuming this is not just keying you are also going to have to disinfect the microphone.  You also have issues with computer keyboards for logging.
>
> For working with computers I would think the commercial equipment wipes would be OK.
>
> I typically wet paper towels with alcohol so it is damp but not dripping.  I have used that method to clean screens and keyboards on laptops with no problems.
>
> I do think the virus is pretty vulnerable outside the human body.   70 percent or higher concentration of alcohol wiped across a surface should kill any virus that got there.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Michael Van Norman
> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 4:36 PM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Field Day and clean radios
>
> This sounds like the right answer.  Have operators use gloves and then clean once at the end.
>
> /Mike
> K6VN
>
> On 6/16/20 16:31, Wes wrote:
>> If you're going to worry about it, nitrile gloves.
>>
>> Wes  N7WS
>>
>> On 6/16/2020 4:02 PM, AB1DD wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Question on cleaning a K3, specifically during Field Day. We need to
>>> clean the K3 before a change of operators. What is safe, IE not take
>>> off the button labels? Alcohol? We will take the rubber ring off the
>>> tuning nob.
>>>
>>> What's good?
>>>
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