[Elecraft] OT: K3 and High Tension Wires

[Lewis Phelps]

Please reread the first sentence of my prior post, in which I qualified what I said with the phrase “…if it’s functioning properly.” What I said is NOT in conflict with your points. Power line noise is, de facto, the result of some sort of equipment failure. We agree on that. If something is arcing in a power distribution system, it’s because something is broken.

I suggest that we take go offline with any further discussion on the issue, since it is OT.

Lew

> On Mar 15, 2016, at 8:58 PM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
> 
> Lew,
> 
> That's in direct conflict with everything I've seen from RFI engineers. Over the years, I've seen plenty of reports of hardware in the power system failing in a mode that causes it to arc. See http://www.arrl.org/power-line-noise for a great discussion of all sorts of RF noise, including power line noise. At least 10 years ago, I bought and read "AC Power Interference Handbook" by Marv Loftness, a field engineer who specialized in that work. He said that virtually all power line noise is caused by SOMETHING arcing.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
> 
> On Tue,3/15/2016 3:35 PM, Lewis Phelps wrote:
>> Drawing from a decade of experience working as head of the PR department for a major electric utility (a long time ago), I’d like to suggest that arcing per se should not be a problem at any time with any power line if it is functioning properly. The individual transmission wires are spaced far enough apart that arcing shouldn’t be possible.
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