[Elecraft] OT: Electric fences

[Fred Jensen]

I don't have any but several of my neighbors do.  I told them my problem 
and asked if they would mind if I just ran their fence line and fixed 
whatever I found every now and then.  All welcomed me.  The problem is 
almost always an arc to the T-post, a tree trunk, a tall weed that has 
grown up under the wire, and the like.

Greg - AB7R wrote:
> I gotta chime in here.  I have an electric fence.  It is put up correctly, and it  
> does pop on the radio.  It is nice though that the K3 noise blanker either 
> eliminates it or at least reduces it to a manageable level...usually depends on the 
> 

Yep.  One of the fences is over a mile long, and even though it is 
installed well and I've been its entire length and it is clear of arcs 
and bad splices, I can still hear it weakly.  Ordinarily, the current 
drawn from the charger on a pulse is miniscule ... it's just a voltage 
pulse.  I suspect that the long fence exhibits enough capacitance that 
it actually does draw current from the charger on each pulse, and Pwr = 
Voltage X Current.  The K3 NB gets rid of all of it.

73,

Fred K6DGW
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