[RFI] Utility coming tomorrow to chase RFI

[qrv at kd4e.com]

They just returned - found & fixed one loose ground on a pole down
the road but that made no change - almost seemed a little louder.

They have an ultrasonic device (he thinks from GB) but the battery
is dead so they have to order one.

May be a few weeks ...

David KD4E

> They are riding the lines again - a more senior lineman is hoping to
> spot something not apparent to the newer guy who looked at them a
> couple of weeks ago.
>
> The pulled the arrestors, inspected the insulators, checked the
> floodlight across the street - nothing they tried on the two
> suspect poles made any difference.
>
> Puzzling ... last time it was arrestors & HF became dead quiet.
>
> It starts about 700KHz and blankets up through 60MHz on my IC-7200.
>
> David KD4E
>
>> Stick with them, bring your radio, watch, talk with them and walk the
>> lines along with them.
>>
>> I find it very informative and I learned a lot about power lines and
>> the work they do when I've had the power company techs out to look
>> for noisy poles.  I try to find the problem first as you did.
>>
>> Good luck, hope your team finds it.  It is a team effort.
>>
>> Dale, k9vuj
>>
>>
>>
>> On 02, Jun 2014, at 18:31, qrv at kd4e.com wrote:
>>
>>> Awesome team at small utility coop here is sending two men & a
>>> bucket truck tomorrow AM to chase RFI with me.
>>>
>>> I'm pretty sure I've narrowed it to two specific poles ...
>>> hopefully I'm correct as my methods are pretty primitive!


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David Colburn, KD4E - Nevils, Georgia USA

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