[RFI] Fwd: Re: Pole mounted lightning arresters?

Charles Plunk af4o at twc.com
Mon Jan 11 19:12:54 EST 2021


I have a magnetic loop at 14mhz that has a sharp null that I used before 
tracking with the 144mhz yagi.


On 1/11/21 6:00 PM, David Eckhardt wrote:
> You can make a shielded loop easily.  The null is extremely sharp 
> perpendicular to the plane of the loop.
>
> Dave - WØLEV
>
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 11:56 PM Charles Plunk <af4o at twc.com 
> <mailto:af4o at twc.com>> wrote:
>
>     Local Util engineer already emailed me back. He avoided the idea of
>     replacing the arresters. So with the intermittent nature of the
>     arc, my
>     only option it seems is to wait until its more consistent. And
>     even then
>     I would say the chances of it being active when TVA were to come
>     out is
>     not good. Its happened to me in past years. Very annoying to
>     finally get
>     them out and the noise be gone.
>
>     My dish is homebrew from the QST article. I have had it for years
>     and in
>     the past have pinpointed hardware. Its nice to be able to do that.
>     This
>     time though no luck. Wish I could justify the commercial dish like
>     Mike
>     mentioned. Mike, when the noise comes back with some consistency,
>     will
>     make a recording. I may have an old recording somewhere. At that time
>     could see the 120hz pulses with audacity.
>
>     Chuck
>     AF4O
>
>
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