73, Pete N4ZR
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I bought an Ameritron RCS-10 antenna switch at Dayton, and in reading
the manual (please, no giggling) I note that it calls for a two-turn
loop in each antenna coax line just before entering the relay box.
These are described as "drip and lightning retarding loops." The manual
is quite prescriptive (for example, "keep coils spaced from each other
by vertical or horizontal separation of 2" minimum"), and I get the
"drip" part, but I wonder what the real, practical effect of these loops
would be. Is there enough inductance to offer any practical blocking
effect for induced voltages resulting from a nearby strike?
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