Hi Guys,
I had just the opposite thing happen to me here a few years ago, i.e. the power
line noise only stopped whenever it'd rain outside!
Turned-out that it was the power drop-off switch off of the main line feeding
my next door neighbour here in the country: it was ancient & all pitted &
black, & arcing---but when the WX was wet, the arcing stopped.
Anyway, the power company installed a brand new switch, & all was well...
~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
On 2013-03-16, at 3:05 PM, Matt wrote:
> Lee,
>
> This is possible. I have some transmission lines (don't know what voltage
> they are) and a substation a little less than a mile away. I just need to
> wait for conditions to get wet again, then I'm going to do the breaker-off
> test at the house and go for a drive with the 706 to see if I can narrow down
> the source.
>
> Thanks for all of the suggestions!
>
> Matt, N0EYE
>
>
> On 3/15/2013 10:44 PM, Lee K7TJR wrote:
>> Matt, If you live within a mile or two of any 100 to 500 KV power lines you
>> may be getting corona noise. At my previous QTH I could count on the high
>> pitched buzz any time it rained or snowed or even in super heavy fog. I had
>> both a 1/2 mile away 100KV and a mile away 380 KV and they both just howled
>> when wet.
>> Lee K7TJR OR
>>
>> *From:* Matt <mailto:wedgef5@gmail.com>
>> I'm having a problem with very strong, very broad noise that seems to be
>> associated with wet conditions.
>
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