After devising a way to accurately sight the parabolic reflector I’m using in my ultrasonic RFI source locator, I went back out to the suspect pole today. From three different vantage points, the system zeroed in on the device highlighted in the photos seen below. The device appears to be a lightning arrester/surge diverter. I’m […]
Month: September 2014
Ultrasonic Detector for Locating RFI Sources on Power Poles Completed and Put To Work
First actual use of the ultrasonic system I just put together for hunting down RFI sources on utility poles. Narrowed it down to the top of this pole. Definitely some arcing going on in a connection, insulator, or other hardware at the top of this pole: Here is the Son-Tector Ultrosonic Probe Kit which […]
Update: 6-Meter, 3-Element Beam Project
Yesterday I decided to build another set of 3-element beams for 6-Meter sideband; however, this time I went full-sized, using 8-AWG stranded copper electrical wire for the elements. I finished building them around 19:00Z and was very pleased to discover that the 6-Meter band opened up in a big way around 00:30Z. With […]