Through the center part of Illinois they have begun work at the government
level to install a 690,000 VDC power line As with all this there is huge
amount of opposition an even groups trying to ban it
Does anyone have any experience with a line of such high VDC as a noise
source ? It will pass within 3/4 of a mile south of my QTH
I am really concerned my only hope if this goes thru is to pull up stakes
an move rather than attempt to fight its noise
Any thoughts
I think people are being silly.
Not only has there never been any evidence (beyond some fraudulent thing
that created hysteria) that power lines ever cause health problems, a dc
line has much less radiation.
As far as Ham radio, a dc is far less problematic for noise. 690 kV dc is
like 487 kV ac, except the line doesn't have the charging and discharging
issues that generate a lot of noise in bad connections.
The only possible issues would be noise at the dc-to-ac converters, but they
might be miles from you.
I wouldn't worry, and I would not support those who worry about other issues
like safety or health.
73 Tom
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