ti, 2008-04-22 kello 20:21 +0930, Tim kirjoitti: > Tim: > >> Here, we have rotten AM radio reception. There's a terrible hum all > >> over the band. It only went away when the district power failed. My > >> guess is the nearby high tension power lines are radiating the crap that > >> disrupts it. You can even hear them audibly, if you go near them. And > >> they sizzle evilly in wet or damp weather. ;-) > > Antti J. Huhtala: > > Tim, have you thoght about letting the power company know about leaky > > insulators ie. sparking over? They should be pleased because their > > product is being spilled this way... > > I've thought about that before. But, somehow, I just cannot see ETSA > bothering with the expense of shutting off power, and bringing in all > the equipment needed to get up the huge pole, and replacing or cleaning > the insulators, just for my benefit. ;-) > There's that, yes. I know nothing of Australian legislation but it ought to be against the law to radiate radio interference. The only similar cases here in Finland that I know of have been relatively low-voltage (2 kV) power lines that the local power company was only too pleased to fix. Both insulators were in the urban area, though. > In the thirty-odd years that I've lived here, I've never seen them do > any maintenance to them. So I can't imagine a bit of extra work being > scheduled into regular maintenance to improve them, either. > It doesn't sound promising, I'll admit. Any chance of raising public uproar about it? You don't live in the outback, do you? Antti P.S. Sorry, got to go to see my sister about her TV... -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
