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Old March 13th 06, 01:09 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore
 
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Default Loop In Coax Help Prevent Lightning Induced Surges ?

stananger wrote:

Robert11 wrote:
Anyone have any thoughts on (hopefully not experiences) whether putting a
loop of, e.g. 1 foot in diameter,
on a coax run from an outdoor receive-only antenna has any merit as far as
helping any emf lightning induced pulses from traveling into a house ?


you been hanging out on 11 meters?


Reminds me of what I once told my secretary back in the 70's.
Our lab soldering irons were simple AC devices with standard
AC cords attached. We tied a half-hitch knot in them and used
that loop to hang them on nails on the wall. I was at the
bench one day and my secretary asked me what the knot was for.
I told her that by tightening the knot, I could regulate the
flow of electrons and thus control the temperature of the
soldering iron. Later that night, over drinks at Charlie
Brown's, she and I had a good laugh about that.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp