[Antennas] Fw: Re: Noise - (QRNN)

Sun May 17 17:58:52 EDT 2009

It isn't just the below mentioned items that can cause noise from the power lines.
It can actually can be the wooden poles if they are old enough and dry enough. 
 I actually saw that in West Virginia before moving back home to TX
Tom K5IID
--- On Sat, 5/16/09, WX5L <wx5l at charter.net> wrote:
From: WX5L <wx5l at charter.net>
Subject: Re: [Antennas] Noise - (QRNN)
To: "'Roy'" <royanjoy at ncn.net>, antennas at mailman.qth.net
Date: Saturday, May 16, 2009, 10:16 PM
Roy,
You are truly one of the lucky ones that your power company came out found
the problem(s) and took action to resolve them.
So often if we can get them out we as amateurs must lead them to the source
then explain to them what the problem could be on the pole. Often they
cannot understand how a de-energized piece of hardware like a pole-top pin,
loose hardware, cracked insulator or even a back-ed out staple on the ground
wire near the primary field can cause RFI. 
I just read on the ARRL web site under enforcement by the FCC a dozen or so
letters have been sent to power companies who have not cooperated or lack
the understanding to resolve these issues. Sure there's a threat for
monetary fines which would be a drop in the bucket but to be in the eye of
the FCC would probably be more an incentive to resolve these issues.
73,
Randy
WX5L
-----Original Message-----
From: antennas-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:antennas-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Roy
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 12:26 PM
To: antennas at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Antennas] Noise - (QRNN)
FYI...
I had sputtering and frying at S-8 here recently, and reported it to my 
power company. They came out with noise locating equipment, and replaced 
five insulators on two poles along my street. Now I have an S-0 background. 
Antenna is vertical.
Good luck & 73,
Roy, K6XK, Iowa 
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