KR>Grounding

2008-10-12 Thread Patrick Driscoll
Just wanted to know if anyone knew what happened to the carbon fiber cords that used to come off the trailing edges of aircraft in the 40's and 50's to discharge static buildup. I worked electronics in the Air Force in the 50' but got out of it when I got out and didn't do any more electronic wo

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2008-10-12 Thread Kogelmann Christian - OS ETA
E-VPD http://www.members.aon.at/oevpd -Original Message- From: Patrick Driscoll [mailto:patric...@usfamily.net] Sent: Donnerstag, 25. September 2003 05:50 To: KR Mailing list Subject: KR>Grounding Just wanted to know if anyone knew what happened to the carbon fiber cords that used to

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2008-10-12 Thread JIM VANCE
Thanks, Brian, for a very good message on grounding and wiring. If you use shielded wire to suppress noise, be sure to ground only one end. If you ground both ends, it becomes a wire and can conduct current. This sometimes makes for more radio noise that if there were no shield at all. I've

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2008-10-12 Thread robert glidden
To: "KR Mailing list" Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 10:50 PM Subject: KR>Grounding Just wanted to know if anyone knew what happened to the carbon fiber cords that used to come off the trailing edges of aircraft in the 40's and 50's to discharge static buildup. I worked