[TowerTalk] High-Tension Wires

[Kurt Cathcart, KR2C]

My 40' rotatable mast is about 80' away from 230Kv and 550Kv power 
lines.  Normally, that are as quiet as a church mouse.


However, when it snows, rains, or is misty out, HF is useless to me.  I 
just go play guitar on those days.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/129+Kuhl+Rd,+Flemington,+NJ+08822/@40.4825091,-74.8249773,167m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c3f1a8fdd2beef:0x4b049dabc2af3a2!8m2!3d40.4820422!4d-74.8240055


-Kurt, KR2C




On 10/19/2022 8:56 PM, Paul F. Merrill wrote:
> We are looking at a house in the Northeast that abuts a utility easement
> with High Voltage Transmission lines.
>
> Should I pass on the property?  The HF towers would be <500’ from the
> wires. Given the 4 seasons, ice, humidity, etc.  is this doomed to failure
> by its very proximity?
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