Topband: Listening to an electric fence....

[Dinsterdog@aol.com]

>From what I've learned in dealing with this problem, electric fences can 
discharge off of anything wet touching them and the ground.  The click you 
hear is the fence discharging it's stored electricity.....the interval's 
depend on the fence- and how fast the electric fence charge rebuilds a charge 
again before discharging again due to the short accross the wires-.  It will 
be pretty darn consistant- 

If it has not rained, I'd look in the swamp (gasp)  Look for a wet stick or a 
gooey dead snake laying accross the wires etc......

We have tumbleweeds getting stuck in electric fences all the time out here in 
Wyoming.  No problem when they are dry, a major headache in snow/rain.  If 
you have a portable SWL receiver, take it out with you and sniff out the 
signal.  I've been able to find problem tumbleweeds in electric fences over a 
mile away using this technique-

As for your neighbors, they are causing EMI (RFI too!)  and you can look up 
local ordinances against this type of noise......when living in Adams County 
Colorado, my neighbor tried to use the local law on the books against any 
type of generated EMI that caused interference to shut me down....a letter 
from my attorney explaining FCC regulation closed the case quick-

I could try to use the same thing out here, but it's a lot easier to find the 
tumble weeds then it is to find the neighbors who own the fences-  

73  Paul  N0AH