[SixClub] Power line interference revisited

[Christopher Boone]

That right there points to an ARC (Arc noise goes away when wet because 
its shorted out...thus no arc!).....Here's an idea...at night, drive 
around the general area in the direction you get the worse noise peak 
(if possible on 6 or 2....use 220 if you can!).....look for a BLUE 
streak on the poles...thats the burning point.....usually caused by 34.5 
KV line charging a metallic object and then it coming close to a ground 
lead! I worked MANY hours of TVI because of pisspoor upgrades from 7620 
to 20KV single phase (which is 34.5-35 KV 3 phase) distribution...
and found a lot of times, it was loose hardware OR the ground lead for 
the lightning arrestor going thru an eyelet on the 3 arm bracket and 
this was the source of the BURN...
(you can pass these comments along to OGE....Been there, got the T Shirt 
and Overtime for it almost a decade ago!)

Chris
WB5ITT
Former Sr Telecommunications Tech
Gulf States Utilities/Entergy-Texas (1984-1996)
and chief TVI dude/bottle washer in the Western Division (north of 
Houston)...GAWD I hated working TVI...it was sooo boring but then the 
number of TV viewers and hams I helped made it worthwhile..not to 
mention the paycheck! ;)

Doug Huchteman wrote:

> With many thanks to Riley Hollingsworth and Mike Gruber with the ARRL, Oklahoma Gas and Electric is now very interested in fixing my power line interference problem.  Wouldn't you know though that the weather has been wet, so no noise.  I now know who to call (cell phone) for Leonard Miller the only interference investigator in all of Oklahoma for OG&E.  If anyone else is having problems with interference from OG&E powerlines in Oklahoma I would be happy to share this contact info.
> Doug Huchteman KD5VHZ EM15
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