[chirp_users] Chirp will not install

[Chuck Hast]

I shall shut up...


On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 9:27 PM Jerry - K4OAM <kb4oam at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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