[SEDXC] Power Line Noise

Mike Greenway K4PI at Bellsouth.net
Sat Jan 20 15:49:49 EST 2018


Yes, W4MA is who I was thinking off.  He is back in GA now splitting his 
time between his QTH in Morganton GA, north GA and FL.  Dont know if he 
still has any contacts.  73


On 1/18/2018 3:34 PM, Mike Greenway wrote:
> Hi Sherman, I would not consider him an engineer if he makes that 
> claim.  As you already know arcing hardware generates RFI over the 
> whole spectrum LF, HF, etc.  Refer him to Radar Engineers where they 
> show the devices they sell to find RFI from power lines.  All the EMCs 
> around the area use Radar Engineer equipment.
>
> Also refer him to http://www.rfiservices.com/ if you have to talk with 
> him again.  I dont know anyone at GA Power.  There was a guy names 
> Bill that flew to Ga Power but now retired that might know some people 
> in Ga Power that could help. I can remember his call but it is a W4  2 
> letter suffix but I cant seem to recall it.  He was in the SEDXC years 
> ago.  GL 73 Mike
>
>
> On 1/18/2018 2:32 PM, Sherman Banks wrote:
>> For the past 20 years I have had a good relationship with Georgia 
>> Power. As
>> long as I found the offending pole, I would report it to customer 
>> service
>> and they would fix it in 1 or 2 days. But now something has changed. 
>> I have
>> a pole that is generating a lot of interference (same one as 6 months 
>> ago
>> that was fixed) but now they seem confused that a power pole can 
>> create RFI.
>> I even had an engineer call me up to say it can't happen.
>>
>>
>> Does anyone have a contact with Georgia Power that knows what power pole
>> arcing RFI is?
>>
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