[RFI] Ultrasonic Dish

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

In most cases I've experienced, no, you will not be able to see  arcing.
 
The cases where you can see arcing, you often can also hear it with your  
ears if things are otherwise acoustically quiet in the  area.
 
I've had the W1TRC detector, with an Edmunds Scientific dish, for some  
years, and have had good success in finding noise sources. I believe I can  
pick out which insulator is the culprit, though as you mention, I consider  it 
necessary only to get things down to the particular pole, as the power  
company is usually not going to come out based solely on my report. 
 
However, I have had several cases where a side mounted insulator has  
broken, in which case a photograph sent to the utility noise guy has been  enough 
to get them out to fix it.
 
73  -  Jim   K8MR  
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 1/2/2013 4:42:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
htodd at twofifty.com writes:

I'm just  looking to tell WHICH POLE is arcing. I can't do much about it
and the  power company in my area is going to re-check my findings
anyway. I think  one of the issues with people trying to find exact
parabolic reflectors vs  something "good enough" is what sort of
resolution they're looking  for.

Once I can determine which pole it is, can I see the arcing  through
binoculars? I don't remember if anyones discussed  that.