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On Jun 30, 1:05 pm, Bert Hyman wrote:
(Michael) wrote
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I live in town, three blocks from a failing transformer. At night
you can see it arcing continuously. This produces an S8 noise level
on my Icom 718. The power company has been completely uncooperative
now for 6 months of my complaining.

If that's really the case and you have any sort of record of your
dealings with the power company, the FCC would like to hear from you.

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Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

Better yet, report a potential fire hazard to your local fire
department. You'll get action, and fast. Had a bad transformer near
me that caught on fire.

To get the best results - write a letter to the chairman of the board of the
Electric Company, be sure to send it REGISTERED Return Receipt.

In your letter indicate that since you can't get any service from his
company, (tell them exactly what is happening & that you are a member of the
local RACES/ARES emergency communications group and that you can't
communicate because of the interference), and that If you do not hear from
them with 10 business days that you are going to contact the power
commission of your (county/state) & the FCC and your local congress
people...

The chairman of the board does not like getting those kinds of letters and
usually the CRAP will hit the fan and trickle down very quickly & they
should be calling you to get you out of their hair!

Unless the transformer is actually on fire, most fire depts. won't do any
thing about it - they will just refer you back to the utility.

Best 73's