Agreed Mike. I had a power company lineman tell me not to do the
sledgehammer trick. If something is about to break, it could fall with some
consequences.
It is best to get an aircraft handheld receiver and put a 2 meter beam on it
that you can hold in your hand. Using the aircraft receiver will take one
to the pole where the noise is coming from. Actually it is best to use
something at 300 MHz, but those receivers for AM are not available
inexpensively.
That red glow is sometimes there for determination of operation, but I don't
know what type of operation it means. Let the professionals fix the
problem.
73 JPW
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Dorworth K4XM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Discussion of AM Radio" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Jim's tvi problems
Far be it from me to be a power line expert. However the glowing red spot
means it is: 1. About to burn out or 2. About to BLOW UP! I would leave
the
sledge hammer work to the paid professionals.. 73 Mike
Jim:
get you a sledge hammer and while listening to ur radio smack the pole a
few times. also look for poles with a bank of caps on it. these are known
sources of pulse noise as they have two hardware nuts and a lot of the
guys
just tighten the first one and snug the second.
73 Tony
QBE ZUT DE WA4JQS
