There is a lot of difference between exposing the radio, i.e. the finished product (all buttoned up), and the components INSIDE the unit, to static.
The external interface signals are driven by different types of circuits where the internal logic is least resistant. Static damage can be long term, as anyone who had tracked product quality via failure returns can tell you. -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Hisashi T Fujinaka Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 9:12 AM To: Bob Naumann Cc: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Grounding Mat Chatter Being in the semiconductor business and having sat by a anti-static crusader in a previous company, I can tell you you're completely wrong about long-term damage. However, if you want to treat your rig like a normal computer and get a new one in a couple of years, you'll be fine. On Sun, 28 Mar 2010, Bob Naumann wrote: > Despite this "fact", my K3 survived my totally inadequate use of the pink > packing material and the silvery anti-static bags also. > > I think this whole issue is being blown way out of proportion. > > If these things were indeed that static sensitive, they'd be dropping like > flies all over the world on a daily basis. > > Can we go back to talking about how to use these radios better and stop the > arguing about minutiae? > > 73, > > Bob W5OV > > P.S. I installed my DVR board 2 weeks ago (without an "approved" static > mat!) and it works perfectly alone and in conjunction with N1MM. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Woolley (E.L) > Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 2:35 AM > To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Grounding Mat Chatter > > Some of the anti-static bags that Elecraft use are the pink ones. Those > are non-conducting and get their anti-static properties by not > generating static, rather than dissipating it. They would be useless as > an anti-static mat. > > kf4by wrote: >> >> For a grounding mat I simply used the anti-static bag the RF board > + was packaged in. I clipped my wrist strap to it until the radio grew > to be a > + chassis. At that time I clipped the wrist strap to the chassis but kept > + the "mat" in place. All sub-assembly components were unwrapped on the > + "mat". Hence everything was the same potential. > > > -- Hisashi T Fujinaka - ht...@twofifty.com BSEE(6/86) + BSChem(3/95) + BAEnglish(8/95) + MSCS(8/03) + $2.50 = latte ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
