Update!
Google this: "infrared cell phone camera app". Looks like you guys
with 'Droids can be all set for a FLIR.
Charlie, N0TT
On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 21:28:14 +0000 <n0tt1@juno.com> writes:
> "Still looking at night vision toys, lol."
>
> Chuck,
>
> When I had my garage floor "mud-jacked" with a hot mix of
> "plastic",
> one of the guys had a tablet computer with it's built-in camera that
> was
> sensitive to infared. He
> showed me where the hot mix was going under the concrete on the
> screen.
>
> Now I'm thinking that something similar would show any higher
> temperature
>
> areas on any powerline hardware.
>
> There might be a "app" for that for use with a cellphone....just
> thinking out loud. :O)
>
> 73,
> Charlie, N0TT
>
> On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 02:24:08 -0500 Charles Plunk <af4o@twc.com>
> writes:
> > Dave,
> >
> > Yes I would try the binoculars. Surely cannot hurt. One
> difficultly
> > I
> > had was a streetlight in my front yard is LED and another is
> mercury
> >
> > about 200' in another direction. They would reflect off shiny
> > hardware
> > like insulators and fool me into thinking it was arcs but when I
> saw
> > the
> > tiny arc between the wire and that square washer I realized that
> > indeed
> > was very likely an arc as that stuff is dull and not that
> > reflective.
> >
> > Chasing this stuff is certainly time consuming but can be
> rewarding.
> >
> > This group is the best around. Their tip to match the noise
> somehow
> > was
> > my big breakthrough. Doing that was not easy but that one day when
>
> > the
> > noise had a distinctive pattern and I was able to listen at the
> same
> >
> > time to the retransmitted audio from my station receiver on one HT
>
> > and
> > to my triangulation audio on another HT made the difference in
> > finding
> > the right pole. Lots of noise out there that will mislead you.
> Other
> >
> > poles, houses, etc many seem to all have noise if you get close
> > enough
> > but may not be affecting your station receiver significantly.
> >
> > Then ultrasonic and the flashlight. Still looking at night vision
> > toys, lol.
> >
> > My utility was great! They were on the front page of the local
> paper
> >
> > this week for their reliability rating. The new CEO must have it
> > going on.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Chuck
> > AF4O
> >
> > On 4/15/21 11:05 PM, David Decoons wrote:
> > > Hi Chuck,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the detailed description of your problem and how you
>
> > were able to find it. I have power line noise prevalent when dry
> and
> > windy. You can watch the noise floor jump up and down. When it
> rains
> > or not windy it usually is not present. When present the noise
> floor
> > on 40 and 15 meters is 20 to 25 dB higher. Using the Flex Wide
> > Noise Blanker I can get the noise to drop almost to normal, but as
>
> > the arcing comes and goes rapidly with windy day the WNB keeps
> trying
> > to reobtain lock.
> > >
> > > I have narrowed it down to what I think is a single pole on
> right
> > front corner of my property. I will try the binocular trick at
> > night. It is supposed to be windy tomorrow with drying
> conditions.
> > >
> > > The good thing is I know the person in charge of the group that
>
> > would respond to RFI noise complaints at the local utility
> company.
> > He has been very cooperative in the past.
> > >
> > > 73
> > > Dave wo2x
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPad
> > >
> > >> On Apr 15, 2021, at 9:30 PM, Charles Plunk <af4o@twc.com>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> ?I notified the utility on Sunday evening. They come out today
>
> > and did the work. I will be updating the website below as I got a
>
> > chance. After such a long time I am hesitant to believe its fixed
>
> > until listening for about a month but it sure appears to be fixed.
> I
> > am not hearing a peep of the same noise.
> > >>
> > >> I have 2 doublets and a 6BTV vertical on HF, a 4 el 6m beam,
> and
> > some 2m beams and am hearing some noise on some bands on one and
> > other noise on the other bands on the other but nothing like the
> > intensity of the 120hz noise I was hearing on all of them. I am
> > probably hearing these noises now since they were masked by the
> > other far more stronger noise. At any rate these pale in
> comparison
> > to the other and go away for the most part at night as the
> humidity
> > rises. Will chase them as I get time. They may not even be 120hz.
> > >>
> > >> At any rate I am happy happy right now!
> > >>
> > >> 73
> > >>
> > >> Chuck
> > >> AF4O
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> On 4/11/21 1:47 PM, Charles Plunk wrote:
> > >>> Last night I tried my digital camera and binoculars. I could
> see
> > the arc's with binoculars! Looks like ground and neutral wires are
>
> > to close to other hardware. The digital camera captured one arc
> but
> > was so dark could not see the pole. Anyone ever use a night vision
>
> > camera like used for hunting etc for this?
> > >>>
> > >>> Updated details at
> >
>
https://www.qsl.net/af4o/Powerline%20RFI%20QSL.net%20Webpage/Arc%20Webpag
> e.html
> > >>>
> > >>> Great group here. Thanks for everyone's help!
> > >>>
> > >>> 73
> > >>>
> > >>> Chuck
> > >>> AF4O
> > >>>
> > >>> (Soon to be W4NBO, a call my Elmer (SK) had for 20 years)
> > >>>
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