If there's no pole fire do not call the fire department to report a pole fire.
That's not what the amateur radio community needs going on or you'll never get
a response.
The lineman doing a job gets a call for a pole fire and in a rush to get to
that pole fire, which doesn't really exist, he makes a mistake and has an
accident.
These Sparks are made with very little current and create close to no heat at
all and almost never create fires. It's unfortunate that they don't always
respond in the way that makes people happy but the last thing you want to do is
miss-represent something to create an emergency situation. Let's not forget who
We are!
Be safe,
Mike k3RFI
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On Apr 11, 2021, 5:16 PM, at 5:16 PM, Steve London <n2icarrl@gmail.com> wrote:
>As a member of the local volunteer fire department, I can tell you we
>have been
>called out for arcs. The call out was "pole on fire". You should do the
>same
>with the power company if they are less than responsive.
>
>73,
>Steve, N2IC
>
>On 04/11/2021 03:07 PM, Dave Cole wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Assuming your Power company is responsible, (most are), they will get
>right on
>> something like that.
>>
>> You might couple your audio, and S-Meter video to your video of the
>sparks,
>> showing the spark, the S-Meter jump, and the audio all at the same
>instant.
>>
>> 73, and thanks,
>> Dave (NK7Z)
>> https://www.nk7z.net
>> ARRL Volunteer Examiner
>> ARRL Technical Specialist, RFI
>> ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources
>>
>> On 4/11/21 11:47 AM, Charles Plunk wrote:
>>> Last night I tried my digital camera and binoculars. I could see the
>arc's
>>> with binoculars! Looks like ground and neutral wires are to close to
>other
>>> hardware. The digital camera captured one arc but was so dark could
>not see
>>> the pole. Anyone ever use a night vision camera like used for
>hunting etc for
>>> this?
>>>
>>> Updated details at
>>>
>https://www.qsl.net/af4o/Powerline%20RFI%20QSL.net%20Webpage/Arc%20Webpage.html
>>>
>>> Great group here. Thanks for everyone's help!
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>> Chuck
>>> AF4O
>>>
>>> (Soon to be W4NBO, a call my Elmer (SK) had for 20 years)
>>>
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