"Diverd4777" wrote in message
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Try Walking around the area
with a SWR tuned to a station you hear the " Hummmm" on
This will give you a better idea of just Where to send the power company.

This is where the cheap Jwin type radios come in handy;
the " Humm" will overload
into just about everything :-)


In article , tommyknocker
writes:



I tried driving around the area with my car radio tuned to a nonoccupied
AM channel, but any static from the poles was drowned out by static from
the engine. Seriously, every time I accelerated I could hear it on the
radio. I guess Ford only shields radios for FM. Also, it rained last
night but this morning I could still hear the hum on my Yaesu. Should I
just call the power company, tell them there might be a hot pole in my
area, and let them figure it out?


Years ago I had a horrible static problem caused by a hot pole. I took a
portable radio, and walked around the neighborhood until I found the pole. I
took the pole number down, called the utility company up and they never
showed up. I called them several times, with no luck. Finally I got fed up,
called them, told them I could see an arc in the transformer. An hour or 2
later, there was a truck down the street fixing the pole. It was nice, no
more static.
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73's
Rick

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