Hi Dave,
Sorry you are having the noise problem and an uncooperative power
company.
The Intermountain Rural Electrical Association here has been very
cooperative, replacing insulators on poles I identify, about once a
year. I use a broadcast radio to identify the poles. Sometimes I use a
144 multimode rig and portable 7 el beam. With binoculars, I often can
see the carbon discoloration along a crack in the insulator. At night,
I can sometimes see the flashover with binoculars. I usually spend
many, many hours tracking down specific poles (and often specific
insulators) before asking the IREA to come out. Then, I plan to be
home that day, and I meet with them pointing out each pole and
insulator and showing them how it effects my portable broadcast radio.
Good luck!
73, Doug W2CRS
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