[TowerTalk] I know I'm off topic but

[Jerry-N7WR]

I live in a rural farm/ranch area and I have power lines on the road about 
250 feet from a 100 ft tower.  Only once have I had any type of noise and 
that was a bad insulator which I located and asked the power company to 
fix...they did within 3 days.  That may be one advantage of our power 
company being a "co-op" which technically means I'm one of the owners 
(though a very minority owner at best).

The only "noise" comes from ranchers' electric fences but we can usually DF 
those and work with the offender to correct the problem.  The "balls" you 
refer to are usually reflectors used to warn pilots of aircraft of the 
presence of wires they may not other wise notice---at least that's what they 
are used for here in rural NE Oregon
Jerry N7WR
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From: "FireBrick" <w9ol at billnjudy.com>
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Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 4:19 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] I know I'm off topic but


>I figured that many people with big towers would most likely live in rural 
>areas where
> this problem exists.
>
> Thinking about a hunk of farm land but the normal utility lines going down 
> the road past
> the property 'sing' in the wind.
> At night, when it's even quieter than normal, it's loud enough to be 
> annoying.
>
> Has anyone experienced this and had any success with power, telephone, 
> etc. utilities in
> 'dampening' the noise.
>
> I think that's what those metal wings or balls I see on rural power lines 
> are for.
> How successful are they.
>
> Please and thank you.
>
>
>
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