[Elecraft] OT: K3 and High Tension Wires

[Wes (N7WS)]

He did say that he was head of the PR department.

On 3/15/2016 8:58 PM, Jim Brown 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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