On 11/23/11 8:32 PM, Ron W8RJL wrote:
> Ask the power company to use an infrared camera some cool wet night to see
> if they can find it. Arcing will produce heat and it will show up as a hot
> spot.
Actually, the power company uses a special UV camera that is solar blind
so they can do it in the daytime.
If power company will not do it see if someone in your area does home
> heat loss studies using an IR Camera. See what they would charge you for an
> hour of their time.
An amazingly large amount of RF noise can be created by just a few
watts, so it probably won't show up in a Thermal image, especially if
you're looking up from the ground.
If all else fails send a letter to FCC with a copy to
> the power company explaining the problem, the length of time it has been
> going on, if you do emergency work (check into ARES nets etc) explain that
> it hampers your emergency communications. Don't do it by phone and not by
> email, regular old snail mail and make it polite but serious.
I don't know that mentioning ARES or emergency makes a lot of
difference. From the FCC standpoint, either they are meeting the
requirement for emissions and not interfering, or they aren't. The
particular kind of operations being impaired (particularly for amateur
bands) doesn't really enter into it.
Then set back
> because the wheels at FCC and the Power company do not turn fast but you
> should get results.
>
> One other thing, I have done a lot of power line interference work and
> sometimes the problem in much further away than you think. Look on the other
> side of where you think it is (further away on same line). S9 problems
> (when Yagi pointed at source) can be more than 1000 feet away depending on
> many factors (Yagi gain, feed line loss, receiver preamp on/off, etc).
>
> 73 and good luck,
>
> Ron W8RJL
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Merchant KA1LMR"<ka1lmr@yahoo.com>
> To:<towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 9:15 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Static source ?
>
>
> I am trying to precisely locate a strong static source, were familiar with
> H
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