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Re: [RFI] Noise location tools

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Subject: Re: [RFI] Noise location tools
From: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 22:02:28 -0700
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The local Coop power company is pretty good actually.  I am not sure that my issues are even power pole related yet.     We did have a very noisy pole about 1.5 miles away that it took Excel Energy, the big power company in Colorado to fix.  A closer ham worked hard on them.  That noise was directly at EU from my place.  Glad it is gone!


On 1/16/2018 9:53 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On 1/16/2018 8:36 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
Other than the ultra sonic dish I have most of the other pieces parts.

Mike,

Understand that the dish helps zero in on the specific piece of the system that's arcing. But that's the power company's job, and by identifying the pole or the immediate area where the problem is, they'll find it. And doing their work for them is unlikely to get it fixed any faster. Indeed, power companies are fairly willing to come out and troubleshoot a problem if they think it might be dangerous or indicate equipment failure that could lead to a system event. But getting it fixed can be a very different matter, because the working groups and managers responsible for do that are often rewarded for using less of their annual budgets, so if it isn't judged likely to cause any problem other than in your radio, it's very unlikely that it will be fixed.

73, Jim K9YC

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