[NLRS] 6m and up noise

[Brad Johannes]

Thanks Al,
I'm still in the investigation stage. I did some more net searching about 
the topic yesterday after I posted this and drove home last night with the 
AM radio on in the truck, on a high unused freq. That was pretty inlightning 
itself. I'm in a newer development in town with no overhead powerlines, at 
least nothing within a few blocks that I've noticed. There is a string of 
them along the highway about 1/4-1/2 mile away and as I drove home along 
them the noise on the radio picked up, not as much as some areas of St. 
Cloud I drove thru, but it was still something. I got home however, and 6m 
was quiet. Next time I notice the noise on 6 I'll get some good bearings on 
it and go drive around town.
>From what I read on the net, power companies are helpful as long as you are 
civilized, have logs, recordings and data to suport yourself, and go thu 
their proper channels.
I think there is only 1 or 2 TV broadcasts from St. Cloud, ch13 and 19 if I 
remember. Ch2 is in the Twin Cities, and I think the twin cities is also the 
closest HDTV transmiters.

>
>Brad,
>    I live in Rapid City SD and every since our local channel 3
>television went to High Definition transmissions the six meter band is
>just about useless. The new service is on channel 2 and it bleads all
>over the place. While driving around town the 6 meter mobile interfering
>digital signals will vary from almost nothing to sometimes 30 over s9. I
>have talked to a local television engineer who is also a ham and he says
>nothing can be done about it legally. Apparently when government in all
>their wisdom decided hi-def was the new Jesus baby all other services
>became secondary as far as interference goes. The hi-def service is
>legally immune to interference complaints as far as anyone knows. If
>this is your interference source I can understand your power companys
>position..
>73, Al - w0puf