Gary,
I'm with Joe, good idea to take a portable AM radio and tune off a broadcast,
turn the volume up and check out the property.
Also, do the same with your car radio, drive all around the neighborhood and
check. Drive under the power lines with
a cross street and see what you get. In our area, when I drive under the big
hi power lines, from about 4 houses away I get RFI noise on AM.
So the RFI it extends out about 300 feet on each side of the lines. I can't
imagine how it
would impact 160 meters ! I would be very careful about buying property this
close to the hi power lines.
I know what you are going thru, we spent a long time looking for our house that
we were comfortable with putting up a tower/ antennas.
We finally ended up buying in an unincorporated area of the county, it is
difficult to find antenna/tower friendly property. I wish you
good luck on your search !
Bob
K6UJ
On Mar 11, 2012, at 12:55 PM, Joseph or Ruth Patrick wrote:
> Hey Gary
>
> If you want you could take a tour of the property with a small battery
> powered
> am radio. I have located many noise sources this way. All power companies are
> different. some do little to no maintenance. Some guys are all over it. The
> bottom line for the power company is if there is noise, there is loss not
> just
> in power but money. If this property is the one you have to purchase then
> there
> will be times you will have to deal with this situation. Keep on looking.
> When
> we bought our house we were in 45 homes in 30 days. No HOA, No Deed
> restrictions, & no CC&R's.
> I know it's getting harder and and harder to find property like this so you
> have
> to make the decision. Good luck.
> 73 DE K4XZ Joe Patrick
> God Made Man
> Sam Colt Made Them Equal
>
>
>
>
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> From: StellarCAT <RXDesign@ssvecnet.com>
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Sent: Sat, March 10, 2012 2:24:27 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] high tension power line noise...
>
> Hello... my wife and I will be moving soon to a new area... one of the
> properties we are considering,
>
> and its really difficult to find something anymore that meets ALL the
> criteria –
> county (no restrictions),
>
> no HOA, no deed restrictions, and of course a house... one of the places has
> a
> high tension line ~400’
>
> away from where I’d install my tower... and about 600’ from where I’d have a
> 160/80 receive 4 sq array....
>
> now I’d THINK that this should not be a problem – assuming the power company
> takes care of any issues
>
> (as required by the FCC and as is prudent for them to do for power
> lose/longevity)... however having
>
> never been THAT close I’d love to hear from anyone that says otherwise – that
> there will be a problem.
>
> I operate weak signal from 160 through 6 meters...
>
> thanks
>
> Gary
> K9RX
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