Hmmm .. I find that interesting. I have long been a "pole thumper" ... can
you tell me of ONE instance a ham person was "lethallized" by clanging on a
power pole? Not saying what you type is not true, but .. I don't personally
believe that for a moment, and wanna learn!
73 de AA6ÐX
----- Original Message -----
From: <n0tt1@juno.com>
To: <RFI@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: [RFI] My power line noise problems, revisited (Warning,
thisislong!) No...
| Tom wrote:
|
| > Generally a bad lightning arrestor or punctured insulator fails
| > within a few
| > years. This almost has to be sloppy installation. A walk around the
| > area
| > with a 50MHz AM radio and a sledge hammer to "tap" poles would tell
| > you more
| > than a year with a ultrasonic detector.
|
| True, one should find the troublesome structure *first* with a
| radio, but *then* use a ultrasonic detector to locate the piece(s) of
| hardware on that structure that are causing the problem.
|
| Mike, of RFI Services, told me he would never be without both a
| radio *and* the ultrasonic detector.
|
| As far as tapping the poles...it works most of the time to locate loose
| hardware/connections, but it's a practice that CAN be unexpectedly
| lethal.
|
| 73
| Charlie
| N0TT
|
| ________________________________________________________________
| The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand!
| Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER!
| Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
| _______________________________________________
| RFI mailing list
| RFI@contesting.com
| http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/rfi
|
_______________________________________________
RFI mailing list
RFI@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/rfi
|