AmerenIP in central Illinois is dreadful! 6 months, over 50 phone calls for
them to replace a lightning arrester and I identified the pole. One excuse
after another. The Illinois Commerce Commission and FCC did not help. A year
later and there are still numerous unresolved sources.
K9ZO
Ralph
> Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 20:57:26 -0400
> From: nf4l@nf4l.com
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Line noise GONE!
>
> Today my utility company sent a crew out in response to a request I had
> made of them to see if they could solve a horrible noise problem I had.
> It was never less than an S9, and most of the time was 10-20 over. A
> couple of us had walked around with one of those MFJ line noise
> receivers and a 3 element beam, and had found what we thought was the
> pole in question.
>
> The lineman called me and told me he thought he had found the noise
> source, although not on the pole I thought it was on. He said there was
> a bad lightning arrestor, and it was VERY loud on his gear, and was
> radiating for more than a mile.
>
> I turned on the rig, and....... S1 and below!!
>
> There are some good guys out there.
>
> Just had to tell SOMEbody.
>
> 73,
> Mike NF4L
>
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