[RFI] Towers/Antennas Near 138kV Transmission Lines

[W2RU - Bud Hippisley]

Tom Rauch wrote:
> In S. Amherst, Ohio I had problems with a 138kV line more 
> than a mile from my house. My noise floor was about 10dB 
> higher in that direction on dry days, and maybe 30 dB higher 
> on wet days. I had a similar problem in Sylvania Ohio with a 
> 69KV line on steel towers about 1/2 mile away. In Rockdale 
> County GA a 345kV line about 3 miles away was a constant 
> problem....I made it a rule to never live within five miles of a line 
> like that.
>   

I can add my own story to Tom's.  In my case, I had a high-tension line 
about a mile south of me at my last QTH, in central NY.  I could always 
find an increase in the noise floor from it.  

Perhaps some *are* cleaner than others -- but I've never seen any signs 
on the tower legs saying which ones were the "clean" ones....

Bud, W2RU