Read and heed, or you'll be sorry. The cold weather causes us to spend more time in the shack and to work on new homebrew project. Some of these projects may involve sensitive, delicate, solid-state components that can be instantly wiped out by that little winter spark from your finger...
Take a look:
http://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2016/01/an-electro-static-bandaid-to-protect.html
I have to be especially careful this year, because Northern Virginia is now officially in a drought. So that spark-friendly dry winter air is likely to be even dryer this year.
The POTA Babe Goes Back to Florida – Day 2
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Day 2 of my spring-break Florida POTA trip began well. The night before, I
left the rain fly off one corner of the tent, the one out of which I could
look ...
2 hours ago