Use Rain Gutters for Cable Management

I first saw this scheme for cable management used in the radio room of the Genesee County, Michigan Emergency Operations Center. It was installed about fifteen years ago by local ARES members. It did a great job of corralling a nest of coax, audio and power cables into a neat, easily accessible bundle.

Lifehacker recently featured a detailed DIY post about using gutter as a method of keeping a computer desk’s attendant wiring neat and unseen. You don’t need me to point out that this can also apply to ham radio equipment laden desks. Now, if the owner of the desk in the picture would just replace his power cord with a white one…