[Antennas] Re: [RFI] Electric company problem

[Dan Richardson]

At 03:43 PM 12/10/2005, Dave wrote:
>[snip]
>
>Question to all.  What is the prevailing thought about hitting wooden
>electric poles with a sledge hammer - as a trouble shooting tool?
>
>I think there was a recent thread about this "trouble shooting" practice
>as being a very bad - dangerous thing to do.


Very bad idea. Besides being dangerous it is useless for locating problems 
with loose hardware. The shock wave travels all way up and down the wires 
and you'll have no idea what pole or poles may be causing the problem.

That said, I have had *some* success by just slapping the pole with my bare 
hand, but not very often.

73,
Danny, K6MHE


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