Jerry, I'm sure you can make something work. I used to have HV power lines about 150 yards from my house. It was only a problem during rain/snow/fog with conduction across the insulators. I had a cubical quad and could identify the offending pole and could likewise null out the noise. Oddly, I don't recall there being a problem on the 80m or 40m dipoles. You could always do a quick noise check with a mobile HF rig or a handheld AM shortwave receiver.
__________ 73, Jim - N4ST -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of ae...@carolinaheli.com Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 09:50 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] [OT] Ham Radio near high voltage power lines? Just moved to a new QTH and there are high voltage power lines cutting across the corner of our property running NW direction. The house is on the East side of the lines. Is it reasonable to expect good operability or is it a wash? I don't want to go through the troubles if I'll just be frustrated. Was looking to do a 60' tower for the high bands (I'll still be below the lines height wise), multiband vertical (low bands 80/40/30) , and dipole(80/40). Vertical is planned to have 60 or more radials. Thanks in advance. Jerry D. Moore aka AE4PB ______________________________________________________________ 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 hamsh...@n4st.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
