Hi Chris.

It really depends on the kind of lines they are bringing in and out of the 
station (and how large your blocks are.  The substation in the town that I 
grew up in threw noise out for a fairly short distance, but then it was 
being used to distrubet normal overhead power lines through the town, and 
only one set of lines was fairly high voltage--those feeding the 
station.  Really they were only a problem for about the first 75 yards or so.

If it is a generating facility with lots of very high voltage lines coming 
out of it, then that could be a real problem for you.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 06:48 PM 9/25/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I have known for a couple of years that there was going to be a new
>electrical substation built on this edge of town.  I had been led to
>believe, however, that it was going to be a couple of miles south of me.
>
>Well, guess what.  They began construction about six weeks ago and it is
>approximately 2 blocks from me.  Needless to say, I'm not at all happy about
>this situation, but I know, they have to put it somewhere and probably
>nobody once it in their backyard.
>
>Now, my question to all of you who no doubt have had more experience and
>more information about this sort of thing, what can I expect when they put
>this electrical power plant online as far as interference to my ham radio
>equipment?  Of course, I don't want interference to my AM/FM reception
>either, but the ham radio is of far greater concern to me.
>
>I do intend to call the city utility company and express my trepedations to
>them.  Perhaps I don't have that much to worry about and I certainly hope
>that is the case.
>
>I'll appreciate whatever information any of you may be able to provide.
>
>Thanks much.
>73
>Kris
>wb9slm

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