[600MRG] 2200M Denial!

[michael polia]

John,
Your Holden QTH is with 1 Km of Worcester, which operates a smart grid (courtesy of National Grid).  I suspect that's the reason for the denial.

73MikeAB1AW

      From: John Andrews <w1tag at charter.net>
 To: Dexter McIntyre W4DEX <dexter.mc at gmail.com> 
Cc: "600mrg at w7ekb.com" <600mrg at w7ekb.com>
 Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 1:58 PM
 Subject: Re: [600MRG] 2200M Denial!
   
Dex,

When we get back to Massachusetts full-time at the end of this month, I 
will be doing some research. There's no substation really nearby, but 
I'll do some driving around. I also plan to do a little camping in the 
woods near the <1km lines to see what I can hear/see with an SDR and a 
laptop. That'll be lighter than carrying the old Rycom meter around!

I don't intend to raise any questions with UTC right away. Need to get 
better educated first.

John, W1TAG

On 10/18/2017 1:27 PM, Dexter McIntyre W4DEX wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 6:40 PM, John Andrews <w1tag at charter.net 
> <mailto:w1tag at charter.net>> wrote:
> 
>    Interesting. UTC has denied my operation on 2200M from my Holden, MA
>    QTH.
> 
> 
> 
> John,
> 
> That's like "a black fly in your Chardonnay".  Ironic that you, of all 
> people, would be denied 2200 meters after all the years operating the 
> band.   Hopefully you'll find a way around this restriction.
> 
> For the past few years every time I spotted a power substation I would 
> look for evidence of a PCL line trap.  So far I've not found one.  There 
> are lots of pictures online of these coils.
> 
> https://www.google.com/search?q=plc+line+traps&safe=active&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOw-my1vrWAhUBdCYKHQtqAmYQ_AUICygC&biw=1440&bih=790
> 
> It looks like most are in a readily visible location.  There is a 100KV 
> line a few hundred feet from my home that links two substations.  I'm 
> about in the middle with each substation about 3 miles away.  No 
> indication of a line traps at either.  I assume there are many more 
> substations in your area so not likely you would find the one with PLC 
> equipment.   I wonder if anyone has seen any indication of this old 
> technology in use.
> 
> Dex

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