| Through the center part of Illinois they have begun work at the government 
level to install a 690,000 VDC power line As with all this there is huge 
amount of opposition an even groups trying to ban it
Does anyone have any experience with a line of such high VDC as a noise 
source ? It will pass within 3/4 of a mile south of my QTH 
I am really concerned my only hope if this goes thru is to pull up stakes 
an move rather than attempt to fight its noise 
Any thoughts
 
I think people are being silly.
Not only has there never been any evidence (beyond some fraudulent thing 
that created hysteria) that power lines ever cause health problems,  a dc 
line has much less radiation. 
As far as Ham radio, a dc is far less problematic for noise.  690 kV dc is 
like 487 kV ac, except the line doesn't have the charging and discharging 
issues that generate a lot of noise in bad connections. 
The only possible issues would be noise at the dc-to-ac converters, but they 
might be miles from you. 
I wouldn't worry, and I would not support those who worry about other issues 
like safety or health. 
73 Tom
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