Topband: Re. RFI - lots of it

[Tim Shoppa]

I find the same at my QTH - utility RFI is worst in cold dry weather and
goes away in damp or warm weather.

Tim N3QE



On Tuesday, October 27, 2015, Kriss A Kliegle <kliegle at myfairpoint.net>
wrote:

> We had the opposite problem here in NH. The aluminum wires are held to the
> insulators with aluminum wire wraps. The wraps would arc when dry
> conditions existed.
> Morning dew or rain would make it quiet. Dry days in winter would be the
> worst, the noise would wipe out AM,HF, and weak FM band signals. I swept
> the area with an
> aircraft HT (VHF-AM) and a 4 element beam. Narrowed it down to one pole by
> tugging on the guy wire to pole and setting the wires into motion to
> confirm. Power Co
> came out with a sniffer (VHF/UHF?) and confirmed the location. All three
> phases were tightened and the QRM went away!
>
> 73 Kriss KA1GJU
>
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