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Kaito 1103 -- vulnerable to ESD?
I'm considering buying the Kaito KA1103 receiver, but have been coming
across reports that it is vulnerable to damage from static discharge through the whip antenna. Here's an excerpt from a review from June 25, 2005: http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/5071?page=4 "Warning !! A small amount of Static Electricity to the Telescoping Aerial can destroy Short wave Reception. There is no ESD protection on antenna input.CKTs. I live in a high altitude dry envionment, while listening to 80M QSO, #1 daughter came scooten across the carpet and contacted the areial whereupon reception died. #1 daughter now #2 daughter. Took radio apart and found Q1 RF preamp fried." Is this true? This is a factor for me, since a couple of weeks ago, the climate around here was such that I was letting off shocks on everything I touched. -- Men Are Better Than Women - http://www.menarebetterthanwomen.com/ |
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Kaito 1103 -- vulnerable to ESD?
On Apr 23, 1:18*pm, Igor wrote:
I'm considering buying the Kaito KA1103 receiver, but have been coming across reports that it is vulnerable to damage from static discharge through the whip antenna. Here's an excerpt from a review from June 25, 2005: http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/5071?page=4 "Warning !! A small amount of Static Electricity to the Telescoping Aerial can destroy Short wave Reception. There is no ESD protection on antenna input.CKTs. I live in a high altitude dry envionment, while listening to 80M QSO, #1 daughter came scooten across the carpet and contacted the areial whereupon reception died. #1 daughter now #2 daughter. Took radio apart and found Q1 RF preamp fried." Is this true? This is a factor for me, since a couple of weeks ago, the climate around here was such that I was letting off shocks on everything I touched. -- Men Are Better Than Women -http://www.menarebetterthanwomen.com/ I've had a DE1103 for about 2.5 years and live in an area where winter heating causes the humidity to plunge into single digits until the furnace humidifier catches up. I have not had a problem with that portable or any other portable dying from a static electricity zap. That said I think a bit of common sense goes a long ways when using electronics of any kind. |
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