Additional information on this subject and related topics can be found in back issues of QST and the following:

AC Power Interference Handbook

Articles

Note: Some of the following articles are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. To view and print these files, you'll need a copy of Adobe's Acrobat Reader program. (Version 3.0 or later required). More information here.

Articles

• Transmission & Distribution World Magazine
  provides practical information and insight toward A Smarter Approach to Resolving Power-Line Noise. T&D Magazine is edited for engineers and operating professionals in the electric power industry. Expanded from this article with additional information is The Issue of Power-Line Noise A Smarter Approach. This expanded article covers all aspects of how best to handle and resolve a power-line noise complaint.
• Power-Line Noise Mitigation Handbook for Naval and Other Receiving Sites

Web Links

• Gene Preston, K5GP provides power-line RFI information based on his many years of experience in the power utility industry in How To Quickly Locate And Fix Power Line Interference. Gene's PowerPoint RFI presentation given at the Midland ham fest is also available. Note: this is a 4 megabyte file.
• RFI Services - Power-line workshops and troubleshooting consulting.
  RFI Services provides classroom and on-site training for power-company personnel on the techniques used to identify and cure power-line interference. They can also troubleshoot electrical-noise problems in the field.

• FCC Enforcement Activities and the Electric Utility Industry by Ed Hare, W1RFI, ARRL Laboratory Manager.
  The ARRL and FCC cooperative agreement following with a link list to FCC enforcement letters sent to electric-utility companies concerning harmful interference reports.

• Lichtig EMC Consulting
  Provides power-line noise consultation services. Also provides EMC consultation services to the telecommunications industry.

• Radar Engineers
  Makers of RFI locators, ultrasonic locators, arc reflection radar, secondary fault locators and cable tracers.

• UE Systems Inc.
  Manufactures of ultrasonic equipment and instruments.

• DazyWeb Laboratories WM-400 (Soundcard) AC Wattmeter
  Software to monitor your power line at home for frequency, phase, noise, power factor, and glitches.

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