In downtown Tucson, AZ the worst RFI pollution is caused by... the City of
Tucson.
A few years ago, the whole downtown was dug up and inconvenienced by the
construction of a "Modern Streetcar" which was financed by the US taxpayers to
the tune of $200M from DOT and $4.4M per year operating costs to run a bunch of
empty cars from the U of A campus to downtown.
This is an 750V system with overhead wires (19' high) running throughout
downtown. The buzz on my AM car radio is huge. The fire department was never
consulted and they are appalled at the thought of having to raise a ladder on
these streets.
But Portland Oregon has a street car and the wacky City Council is in love with
Portland, so we had to have one too.
Fat chance trying to get this mess quieted down.
Wes N7WS
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2018 23:16:49 -0500
From: Joe <nss@mwt.net>
Get the broadcast industry involved?
Even in small towns of like 5000 or
less in population. Downtown, try to
listen to AM radio. You can only hear a
few stations that are strong
enough to get above the noise.
Joe WB9SBD
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