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Re: [RFI] Power Line Noise

To: ny9h@arrl.net
Subject: Re: [RFI] Power Line Noise
From: K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us>
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2025 18:27:43 -0600
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I have had some luck with the state Public Service Commission. However, it 
depends on the political climate. 

73,
Scott K9MA 
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Scott Ellington

 --- via iPad

> On Jan 1, 2025, at 1:19 PM, bill ny9h via RFI <rfi@contesting.com> wrote:
> 
> if they are a small utility maybe they would be pressured by a nice ARRL 
> packet of information.
> 
> When I had trouble back in Illinois, ComED totally ignored letters from the 
> ARRL & the FCC. An ComEd executive office assistant told me on the phone 
> ComED ONLY cares about the ICC Illinois Commerce Commission.  She told me to 
> call them with my documentation and she assured me that  I would get a call 
> the NEXT day back from COMeED ...even the same office she was in!!!! She saw 
> my file requesting help. had empathy...
> 
> three big trucks showed up the next day with 4 or 5 crew looking for a power 
> outage ,,, they got the word  ,,,wrong word !!!!!
> 
> But maybe they are small enough to looks at STUFF from the arrl..
> 
> After being nice ,go to the regulatory body,,,,   as the ComEd lady told me  
> "" THEY CONTROL OUR PRICE INCREASES,,,, ""
> 
> 
> 
> .
> 
>> On 12/30/2024 6:46 PM, K9MA wrote:
>> I have experience only with my local (small) utility, but others may be 
>> similar. They have zero tracking ability, nor any interest in it. I have to 
>> track down the source to a specific pole, then beg them to send out a crew 
>> sometime with the next year or so, when it is entirely convenient for them. 
>> Sometimes I've offered to pay for the repairs, though they've never taken me 
>> up on that. Often, by the time they show up, the source has (temporarily) 
>> gone silent. That said, I have been successful over several decades in 
>> getting many noise sources fixed. My key point here is that YOU will 
>> probably have to track down the source yourself. You want to be absolutely 
>> certain you have the right one, too.
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Scott K9MA
>> 
>> 
>> 
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