[Elecraft] Fwd: OT: K3 and High Tension Wires

Dave Cole dave at nk7z.net
Wed Mar 16 14:21:17 EDT 2016


You should copy this to the RFI mail list, so the ARRL folks are made
aware that has become policy for a power company...
-- 
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On Wed, 2016-03-16 at 11:18 -0700, Josh Fiden wrote:
> Actually, there have been some problems from those high voltage
> lines. I 
> believe these are on the order of 300kV. Official word from PG&E is
> that 
> they will not make any repairs solely for RFI because it's too
> expensive 
> to do it.
> 
> 73,
> Josh W6XU
> 
> On 3/15/2016 3:17 PM, Alan wrote:
> > 
> > The 6 meter moonbouncer who lives up the hill from me told me he
> > has 
> > no problem from the high-tension line that runs right by his place
> > but 
> > has experienced noise from the lower-voltage lines farther down the
> > hill.
> > 
> > I suspect that HT lines are probably less likely to have arcing
> > than 
> > lower-voltage lines, simply because it would be a much bigger
> > problem 
> > for the power company if they did.
> > 
> > Alan N1AL 
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