Towertalk
[Top] [All Lists]

Power line interference

To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Power line interference
From: bat@grumman.com (Pat Masterson)
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 15:43:32 -0500 (EST)
 On Long Island, NY, the power company has a special crew to investigate 
noise complaints. There is one Ham on the crew, so they often are very 
responsive to Hams who call. Their equipment also contains an aimable 
audio amplifier, which "listens" for noise above 20 KHz, and down 
converts it into normal audio ranges. These guys have great success with 
this. It seems that leaky insulators are noisy electronically, and 
auditorily. When they get to a suspect pole, they whack it with a sledge, 
and listen for changes. That assures them, and they can make repairs. 
Last time I called them, they arrived next day, and found the culprit 
within the hour. It was a pole up the road behind a factory. They had it 
repaired within a few days. So, some of these guys really do know what 
they're doing.

*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*
*  Pat Masterson  B38-01,  Northrop Grumman,     *  Ham:KE2LJ 
*  Plant 1, South Oyster Bay Rd.,                *  Packet: KE2LJ@KC2FD.NY 
*  Bethpage, NY 11714                            *  President Grumman Amateur
*  email: bat@grumman.com   Fone: 516-346-6316   *  Radio Club  WA2LQO
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*


--
FAQ on WWW:               http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html
Submissions:              towertalk@contesting.com
Administrative requests:  towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com
Problems:                 K7LXC@contesting.com
Sponsored by Akorn Access, Inc & N4VJ / K4AAA

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>