[RFI] Pole mounted lightning arresters?

[donovanf at erols.com]

Hi Pete, 

Electric fence chargers can fail in continuous-on state. All of the 
signatures are the same as power line noise except the upper 
frequency range is much more limited, 


73 
Frank 
W3LPL 



----- Original Message -----

From: "N4ZR" <n4zr at comcast.net> 
To: rfi at contesting.com 
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 12:18:16 AM 
Subject: Re: [RFI] Pole mounted lightning arresters? 

>From my experience, if it is an electric fence it will be on 
continuously, and the individual "ticks" will be very discrete. 

73, Pete N4ZR 
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On 1/11/2021 6:31 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA wrote: 
> Chuck et al 
> 
> 
> 
> I am not an authority on RFI.not at all..however the once/second 
> tick-tick-tick sounds a little bit like an electric fence. 
> 
> For about 3-4 yrs I had an active one almost underneath some of my antennas. 
> ( a few feet away in spots) 
> 
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> 
> Near drove me crazy.(crazier?)..it was much louder on 160m (S9+++) than it 
> was on 2m (even with a big yagi aimed right at it.maybe s1 on 2m). Levels 
> did go up and down depending on several factors I won't bore all you with. 
> The noise blanker helped a lot, however I am primarily a contester and a 
> full band of loud signals and a NB don't play well together. 
> 
> 
> 
> Thankfully, that neighbour moved away and the new owner does not (at this 
> time) intend to reactivate it. 
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> 
> Are you sure it's something up a pole? Could it be an e-fence being 
> re-radiated somehow? 
> 
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> 
> If you've already done your homework, pse ignore. . . . just tossing it out 
> there. 
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> 
> GL ! 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Mike VE9AA 
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> 
> Mike, Coreen & Corey 
> 
> Keswick Ridge, NB 
> 
> 
> 
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