Re: Memories and other stories from Pye etc PMR engineers.
GB3AM on 6m gets this even now. I reckon a very old and decrepit power line has insulators which arc in poor conditions. Closest approach is ~1mile out.
Can't hear at ground level on site. Up above the 50/100++ Hz AM crud makes a total mess of FM signals with 77Hz CTCSS unless they are strong enough to overcome it.
Not many are on a bad day....
The nice new overhead power line at only 1/4 mile away - longer glass insulators so I guess higher Voltage, and with pylons which are not rusty, is silent by comparison.
It must need a Rain Static Board fitted - mmm? (just testing...)
Last edited by Jon_G4MDC; 14th Sep 2017 at 6:34 pm.
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