[chirp_users] Chirp will not install

[Jerry - K4OAM]

Off topic????

On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 11:15 PM Chuck Hast <kp4djt at gmail.com> wrote:

> That is correct, you make sure you have done proper grounding
> for YOU prior to dealing with the card. Usually after one scrub,
> that was it. It was always new cards that needed that touch or
> very old ones that has been setting in a machine in a grubby
> environment. Obviously if you have to do it so much that you
> rub the contacts down, there is something wrong elsewhere.
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 1:43 PM Rich NE1EE <TheDustyKey at imaginarian.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I got the impression that the OP was "streaming" the thought. I suspect
>> it meant that before working on computer internals, pay attention to
>> operator grounding. My experience was that older edge connectors were
>> subject to oxidation. Removing the device and rubbing the edge pins with a
>> "genuine" rubber erase, which contains an abrasive (compare with the eraser
>> that removes polymer lead marks), would scrub off the oxidation. Problem is
>> that used aggressively it tended to wear right through the electrical
>> coating on the pins.
>>
>> On 2023-10-21 14:10:-0400, you wrote:
>> >How do you "ground" something with a rubber eraser?
>> >DR
>> >N1EA
>> >
>> >On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 12:48 PM Chuck Hast <<mailto:kp4djt at gmail.com>
>> kp4djt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >Doing proper grounding, the old trick used for years was a
>> >proper rubber pencil eraser.
>>
>> 73 Rich NE1EE
>>
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