Hi Chris! It sounds like you're speaking of a distribution line. Do you have any idea that the voltage is? Is there more than one pole at each cross arm? It could be almost anything up to 240 KV ... or more. In my semi-rural area the voltage for distribution is 14.4 KV, which is pretty usual these days.
Do you have any contact with other hams in the area? If so, what are their experiences with noise and dealing with the local power company? Some companies are very good about dealing with noise matters ...others are abysmal. Odds are that there are hams working for the power company's communications department if they do their own maintenance work. You might call your Public Service Commission and ask if they have any observations. Drive around the prospective neighborhood with your can radio tuned to the very top end of the BC band and see what you hear. I'm a retired power company communications technician and one of my jobs was to travel the state (Montana) as the line noise technician, so I feel like I'm qualified to comment. 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP 406-560-1555 On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Chris Hallinan <challi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings all. > > We are considering moving to a location that is more friendly to ham radio > and especially the performance of my K3. Here in our crowded neighborhood, > I have regular S7 noise levels on all the lower HF bands. One home we > found (and like) sits fairly close to high tension wires (ie like one lot > away) however its in a much more rural area and likely to be more quite > w.r.t. the usual man-made RF hash. > > Does anyone have any experience with living very close to high tension > wires (not tool close, plenty of room for wire antennas without any > danger.) Assuming nothing is "broken" is it likely to produce RF noise in > the receiver? Is this something I should be concerned about? > > Thanks, and replies off list are appreciated to avoid the wrath of the list > moderator <grin> > > Regards, > > Chris > K1AY > > -- > Life is like Linux - it never stands still. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to elecraftcov...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
