[Elecraft] [OT] Ham Radio near high voltage power lines?

[Dave Cole]

Or use a tinySA, and take a look at entire bands at one time...  I have 
found that the tinySA is a real assist in correlating RFI sources.  See:

https://www.nk7z.net/

to get to my base page, or

https://www.nk7z.net/tinysa/

to go directly to the article.

At the end of the tinySA article is a photo of my 80 Meter RFI, as 
viewed by a tinySA, and a 6BTV with 40 radials, ground mounted.  The 
source is 4 blocks from the antenna.  This will give you an idea of what 
you will be able to do with the tinySA RFI wise.

...and to keep it Elecraft related, I will be connecting my tinySA to 
the RX out jack on the K3.

73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
https://www.nk7z.net
ARRL Volunteer Examiner
ARRL Technical Specialist, RFI
ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources

On 4/27/21 7:03 AM, N4ST - Jim wrote:
> Jerry,
> 
> I'm sure you can make something work.  I used to have HV power lines about
> 150 yards from my house.
> It was only a problem during rain/snow/fog with conduction across the
> insulators.
> I had a cubical quad and could identify the offending pole and could
> likewise null out the noise.
> Oddly, I don't recall there being a problem on the 80m or 40m dipoles.
> You could always do a quick noise check with a mobile HF rig or a handheld
> AM shortwave receiver.
> 
> __________
> 73,
> Jim - N4ST
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> Behalf Of ae4pb at carolinaheli.com
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 09:50
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] [OT] Ham Radio near high voltage power lines?
> 
> Just moved to a new QTH and there are high voltage power lines cutting
> across the corner of our property running NW direction. The house is on the
> East side of the lines.
> 
> Is it reasonable to expect good operability or is it a wash? I don't want to
> go through the troubles if I'll just be frustrated.
> 
> Was looking to do a 60' tower for the high bands (I'll still be below the
> lines height wise), multiband vertical (low bands 80/40/30) , and
> dipole(80/40).
> 
> Vertical is planned to have 60 or more radials.
> 
>   
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Jerry D. Moore aka AE4PB
> 
>   
> 
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