Re: [IRCA] RFI versus QRM and TVI too!

[Bob Coomler <w6rjc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Charlie.  Cloverdale is about 80 miles north
of San Francisco, right below the Sonoma/Mendocino
County line.

The noise problem is the classic one of worn out this,
loose that and junky them in the power line hardware. 
Nothing exotic I'm afraid (at least something unique
would add to the thrill of the chase).  PG&E has
actually been cooperative in the past, but first you
have to get their attention and that has been the
hassle.  Once you FINALLY establish rapport with
someone knowledgeable, they get promoted, quit or get
told to sit on the Group W bench.  Then you have to
start all over. I'm currently in the start over mode,
but making measurable progress.

Bob Coomler
Cloverdale, CA



--- WD9INP/4 <WD9INP@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Bob,
> 
> It so happens I'm pretty familiar with PG&E's
> distribution system, being 
> that its service area ended at about 2 miles south
> of Delano and was fed 
> from Wasco. Delano (VOA Delano) is SCE territory.
> 
> Describe the nature of your noise, and maybe we can
> walk you through. Which 
> town are you in? (I should remember, being
> native CA and having been out there 2001-2003 at VOA
> Delano).
> 
> Dang it. It really should be called Radio Martí
> Delano because most of 
> Delano's hours are from Martí, and from substituting
> for transmitters in Greenville when they break down
> and can't get another 
> one to work on that frequency or the others are
> already on the air. Most of 
> my salary was paid by Martí.
> 
> 73 de Charlie
> 
> 
> Charles A Taylor, WD9INP/4
>    Greenville, North Carolina
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Coomler" <w6rjc@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 12:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] RFI versus QRM and TVI too!
> 
> 
> >I have an ongoing problem with power line noise. 
> The
> > electrical infrastructure in our small town has
> been
> > added on to and band-aided over the years with no
> real
> > system wide upgrade.  When I talk to our utility
> > (PG&E) about the noise source de jour, the only
> term
> > they understand is TVI. Despite anything I say to
> > them, its TVI.  On several occasions when I
> thoroughly
> > explained the problems I was having without
> mentioning
> > "TVI," they have ALWAYS dispatched a trouble
> shooter
> > because of "high voltage to the meter."  Sigh.
> >
> > Bob Coomler
> > Cloverdale, CA
> >
> > --- WD9INP/4 <WD9INP@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> IRCA Crew,
> >
> >> <snip>
> >
> >> I suggest RFI for poweline or dimmer noise, and
> QRM
> >> for station
> >> interference. There'll come a day when no one
> knows
> >> what "QRM" means. RFI is
> >> a real-world term that compurists know.
> >>
> >> 73 de Charlie
> >>
> >> Charles A Taylor, WD9INP/4
> >>    Greenville, North Carolina

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