What also got a fast reaction (next day) was a safety issue. A cut and
loose pole ground wire in my case (Cu theft). Filed as a normal
complaint, PSE upgraded it and requested that such problems be reported
as life safety.
Grant KZ1W
On 12/20/2021 15:21, Hare, Ed, W1RFI wrote:
If they don't come out quickly, call the fire department and ask them if this
is an emergency. They will probably come out quickly and contact the utility
for emergency repairs.
________________________________
From: RFI <rfi-bounces+w1rfi=arrl.org@contesting.com> on behalf of Joe
<w7rkn.7@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2021 4:00 PM
To: 'Pete Smith N4ZR' <pete.n4zr@gmail.com>
Cc: rfi@contesting.com <rfi@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RFI] RFI from arcing power pole 1.1 miles away (video capture of
the arc)
How fast did the power company come out and repair the shorted line, after
being presented with this video and information?
Joe - W7RKN
On 12/20/2021 2:36 PM, Don Kirk wrote:
Utter disappointment Saturday morning when I was getting ready for the Stew
Perry 160 meter contest when I noticed new RFI on 160 meters as well as 80
meters to my East, and spent the morning tracking it down to a pole 1.1
miles from my QTH. My portable flag with laptop based SDR receiver made it
very easy to home in on the suspect pole using 80 meters, and then used 136
MHz with 4 element Yagi and portable AM radio to isolate the bad pole from
adjacent poles. Also used 438 MHz with 4 element Yagi and my laptop based
SDR to confirm my findings.
I went back last night (Sunday night) after sunset to see if I could see
the pole arcing because I was pretty sure I knew where the problem was
based on some very up close pictures I had obtained earlier in the day
using a 14.1 mega pixel camera with 35X Optical Zoom. I went to the pole
about 2 hours after Sunset and before even exiting the car I could easily
see arcing where I thought it would be.
Today I uploaded a video onto youtube that captures the arcing as well as
some up close pictures that captures the hardware problem on the pole. Here
is a link to that video for those interested.https://youtu.be/-iU1wbb8Na0
It never ends, but at least this case was obvious.
73,
Don (wd8dsb)
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