Yes, it does go away when it rains. I can't believe I forgot that detail in the original post. I do thibnk the Air band AM reciever trick will be used by us to locate this. One other thing I just remembered. There is another site abuot 30 miles away. (The site that this tower orginally transmitted to.) that has the same problem.
Wade --- In [email protected], "Eric Lemmon" <wb6...@...> wrote: > > Remote hilltop sites are very often fed with a lateral power line that taps > off from a major distribution line that could be miles away. If nothing but > the hilltop site is on that lateral, and with the site owner's permission, > the power utility can pull the cutout fuses to kill the lateral circuit. If > the AC buzz goes away, the utility crews must find and correct the problem. > As Kim points out, there are many possible causes of noise problems. > > Question: Does the noise change or go away when it rains? > > 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > whensle...@... > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 7:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] AC buzz on VHF > > > > Distribution voltages begin at 2,400 and go to 34,500 volts. Transmission > voltages begin at ... depends upon the utility. Could be 46,000, 69,000 or > 115,000. > > > > Anyway... it's not the voltage. It's simply there is a device issue > somewhere on a power line. > > Could be a bad connector. A bad transformer. A bad lightning arrester. A > bad switch. A bad insulator. > > Bottom line, something is breaking down and creating this buzz. Begin by > driving around the area and narrowing the area down. Then with a small yagi > try to pin point things down to a few poles, or THE pole. Some electric > companies have staff that can assist with RFI, and some do not. Don't > assume they do. > > > > If you have questions, drop me a line. > > > > 73, > > Kim - WG8S >
