Aaaalllll Riiiiiight!!!!
73, Dermooooek, N9JF/7 (or is it N7JF/9?)
At 05:03 PM 2/10/97 -0800, Jim Fenstermaker wrote:
>My Top Band (as well as 80 meter) activity this year has been hindered by an
>immense amount of local crud in the form of power line noise and an electric
>fence. In fact, the power line reached S-9 last week and the fence has been
>up to 15 dB over 9.
>
>On Wednesday, the power company came out to hear my dilemma but, alas, the
>noise was gone. Being an astute fellow, I had located the source before he
>arrived and, when he shook the pole, the noise reappeared. The errant
>insulator was replaced on Thurday.
>
>Then, I attacked the electric fence. I erected a new 80 meter 4-square last
>month and the fence peaked to the northwest on this array. I drove around
>the area on Saturday PM and Sunday morning. About 11 AM, I found a loud
>source of noise next to a boarding stable about 1/2 mile away. I was able
>to trace the source to one of two chargers. In the afternoon, I talked to
>the manager of the establishment and showed her the problem. She profusely
>apologized for the inconvenience to my operating and promised to fix the
>problem today (said she would buy a new modern charger and fix the rusty
>fence wire). Since it was almost dark, she said she would turn the fence
>off until morning.
>
>In my 15 minutes of operating time this morning, worked S21XX on 80 cw and
>9M2AX on top band for two new ones on the bands! My enthusiasm for the low
>bands suddenly has returned!!!
>
>73 Jim K9JF/7
>Vancouver, WA
>
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