A scanner won't work if it is FM only; you need AM detection.
Tom - WA2BPE
Jason Hissong wrote:
> Also,
>
> This noise is not intermittent. It is constant, 24 hours a day. I can
> still detect it on 6M.
>
> If it is arcing, can it be constant like this? A ham friend told me that
> the scanner I was using probably would not be the best to track down the
> problem. There is a set of electrical power lines about 60' behind my
> house. It is not the three phase lines, but the single type. There is also
> a transformer on one of the poles behind the house. Again, I will take
> photos and post them to the site tomorrow if possible.
>
> Thanks again
>
> Jason
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike @ RFI Services" <mike@rfiservices.info>
> To: <rfi@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 7:16 PM
> Subject: [RFI] "Jason Hissong" RFI not street lights
>
> >
> > Jason's web site recording isn't a street light. You have a classic arcing
> > source. Most likely from power lines. From the picture in Jason's web
> site,
> > there is an obvious potential for a problem. Looking at the picture, on
> the
> > Transmission circuit, upper lines, the center insulator post is going
> > through the cross are and extending to the point that it looks to be
> > contacting the cross arm brace. If they get within a half inch of one
> > another, at the voltage of the circuit, their will be sparking in the gap.
> > The induced voltage into the hardware will create a difference in
> potential
> > between the two to stress the air gap to the point of discharge.
> >
> > Great photo and audio.
> >
> > Mike Martin
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> >
> >
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