RF Noise - Power Line Static

[N1API]

Here is an update of the past couple of months.

The Noise is very much improved, gone at certain times.   They found a problem in the Platt HS Parking lot the same place that the one that took them  over two years to find where the last one was.  The engineer called it a "serious failure" and put in for a immediate response from the line crew.  This was on 1/7/21.  The next day they changed the failed insulator and the was a noticeable improvement in the noise when he called, I turned on the radio and said "WOW"!   The "all band" RF was gone and there was just directional issues which did not extent to all the RF bands but mostly 6 and 10 meters, and would come and go.

Because of the WX, snow, rain ect they could not get much more testing done but just here a few days ago the engineer called in the early morning from the sub-station on Hanover St. and said that he was going to do some testing out on the trail in back.  He called back in the afternoon and said he was "out back" and could see my tower from where he was.   He found some work needed on Pole number 1960 out there, some bad insulators on either the metal or wooden towers, (HI KV Lines that feed power TO the substation), and a problem in the Wilcox Tech School field where there are two metal towers.   He also noted some routine maintenance work along the lines that need to be done and some glass insulators that need to be replaced.

Lets see when he calls back what I hear.   But they are keeping me informed.   They do realize that RF Noise is "line loss" and wasted energy.

Al - N1API