Hold on a moment Steve. Before you buy a humidifier, let me suggest that something appears to be ungrounded internally as you suggest. My shack is in an unhumidified work space in New Mexico. I can generate a good bit of static if I wear a fleece sweater and slide just so on my office chair. I've zapped against my K3 many times (it's grounded of course) and it's never once caused a reaction.
You might want to ask the factory. I think you have a problem. Windy KM5Q > Steve Ellington > Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:40:06 -0800 > > What can I do to eliminate the static electricity problem with K3? > Every > time I touch the main VFO (A) knob the display goes dark, audio goes > off, > frequency changes among other things. After about 5 seconds it > recovers but > somewhat off frequency. Just a little foot shuffling will develop > enough > charge to cause this. Touching the metal on the rig will discharge > things > but it's hard to remember to do this. Am I missing a ground on this > VFO knob > or what? BTW...The FP is only a few months old, new version. > > Steve > N4LQ > n...@carolina.rr.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
