ESD mat

[Robert Klein-3]

My K3  kit will arrive in a month or so (I hope).   I have been monitoring
this reflector for a few weeks, but I haven¹t seen this addressed.

I would appreciate it if I could get some recommendations on purchasing an
ESD mat with a wrist band so I can be ready when my kit arrives‹brands,
models, sources.  My searches on the web come up with wildly variable
products and prices with no reviews or ratings to be found.

Thank you,
73,
Robert
KI4ZHF
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[Don Wilhelm-4]

Robert,

There are lots of choices. Google on antistatic mat to find several.
I can't say that one is better than the other, just pick one and use it
- it will be better than nothing at all.

73,
Don W3FPR

Robert Klein wrote:

> My K3  kit will arrive in a month or so (I hope).   I have been monitoring
> this reflector for a few weeks, but I haven¹t seen this addressed.
>
> I would appreciate it if I could get some recommendations on purchasing an
> ESD mat with a wrist band so I can be ready when my kit arrives‹brands,
> models, sources.  My searches on the web come up with wildly variable
> products and prices with no reviews or ratings to be found.
>
> Thank you,
> 73,
> Robert
> KI4ZHF
>  
>

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[KM5Q]

Robert,

There was lots of discussion of this on the list a month or two ago,  
but suffice to say there are many sources and it seems a lot of them  
cost about $25. Nobody had any significant reasons to recommend one  
kind over another.

Here's a cheaper source, and while you're at it, a fine company for  
good tools and other great ham stuff.

http://www.mtechnologies.com/tools/#strap

Get their larger mat, only $9.95

I used their strap and mat and My K3 survived assembly 100% even in  
dry static-prone wx.

In all the previous discussions, nobody mentioned to be careful what  
you wear! No wool or fleece, for example. Maybe that's just obvious.

Windy KM5Q
Santa Fe, NM
K3 #764
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[Jerry Flanders]

I simply clip a little alligator clip lead to my
metal watch wristband. The lead is connected to
my shack ground through a 1 meg resistor. A few
feet of wire allows me mobility. I have been
doing this for several years and it apparently works well for zero cost.

Jerry W4UK

At 11:11 PM 5/21/2008, Robert Klein wrote:

>My K3  kit will arrive in a month or so (I hope).   I have been monitoring
>this reflector for a few weeks, but I haven¹t seen this addressed.
>
>I would appreciate it if I could get some recommendations on purchasing an
>ESD mat with a wrist band so I can be ready when my kit arrives‹brands,
>models, sources.  My searches on the web come up with wildly variable
>products and prices with no reviews or ratings to be found.
>
>Thank you,
>73,
>Robert
>KI4ZHF
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[Ian Maude]

Jerry Flanders wrote:
> I simply clip a little alligator clip lead to my metal watch
> wristband. The lead is connected to my shack ground through a 1 meg
> resistor. A few feet of wire allows me mobility. I have been doing
> this for several years and it apparently works well for zero cost.
A potential problem (no pun intended) is that the equipment you are
working on may have a potential difference to you.  The idea of ESD is
to ensure that you, the equipment you are working on and your tools all
end up at the same potential, hence the mat.  Your free ESD wrist strap
will give you some protection but is not the ideal solution.

73 Ian

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Ian J Maude, G0VGS
SysOp GB7MBC DX Cluster
Member RSGB, GQRP
K2 #4044 |K3 #455

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