[RFI] Snow and Power Lines
Dave Harmon
k6xyz at sbcglobal.net
Tue Feb 16 14:16:47 PST 2010
I dunno how normal this is but being rural.....it happens.
The power folks say they would be happy to fix it but because of the soft
ground they can't get to any poles that are beyond reach of the lift truck
parked in the street...ie, the ground is too soft to support the truck.
As to why it gets noisy....I can only guess but likely the cold temps makes
things contract causing problems.
Regards
Dave Harmon
K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Sperry, Ok.
-----Original Message-----
From: rfi-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rfi-bounces at contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Jimk8mr at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:24 PM
To: rfi at contesting.com
Subject: [RFI] Snow and Power Lines
It is quite common at my QTH to have a light snowfall result in lots of
power line QRN. After the snow stops, within a day or so things are
basically
back to normal, even though one can see snow laying on insulators and the
like.
Is this a natural, unavoidable outcome of snow, or does this sort of noise
occur because of some preexisting problem (other than salt or other dirt,
which would wash away in a rain), with the snow causing the problem to
become apparent?
Or in other words, is it worthwhile to try to track down and report such
noise, or would that only result in me getting cold, and possibly the power
company coming out to chase noise that is not their fault?
73 - Jim K8MR
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