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wrote in message ... On Jun 30, 1:05 pm, Bert Hyman wrote: (Michael) wrote m: 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. -- 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 |
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