[R-390] cables

[Glenn Little WB4UIV]

Believe it or not, pun intended, Motorola would put knots in their power 
cords at communications sites.
This was to provide an impedance to impulse (lightning).
Not sure if it really worked, but, it was done at a lot of their sites.

73
Glenn
WB4UIV

On 9/21/2017 10:36 AM, wb3fau55 at neo.rr.com wrote:
> On the subject of "electricity flowing out",  if you put a knot in your power cord,  you will stop the flow of  electricity,  sort of like resistance or impedance.  wb3fau.
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