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Subj: VK6BE's retort
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From: KB2VXA@WT3V.#JS.NJ.USA.NOAM
To : INFO@WW
Hi Bob and all,
Good to see we're having a bit of fun with this! NJ has megavolts, I have
a megamouth. (;->)
That 1.5MV SHV link is the only one in the state and isn't used as a
feeder, it's an interregional (interstate) link, part of that famous
Northeast Power Grid that went haywire in the early 70s and caused the
famous blackout. The feeders from Niagra/Canada failed (some blame UFOs)
and caused a domino effect that wasn't halted until all of NY and most of
NJ went dark. That was great for DX when almost all the NYC/NNJ
broadcasters went dark. I squeaked through that one only because some
alert and sensible tech at Linden Generator cut the feed to Staten Island
preventing a major submarine cable burnout. Oh, I'm talking about my
little part of NJ right across from Staten Island, the southernmost boro
of NYC, officially known as Richmond. Remember the movie "Where Were You
When The Lights Went Out"?
OK, you have a bigger cattle industry in WA, bigger bull(s) I guess too.
(;->) I can't take away your thunder on many things, you have a whole lot
of things that put the US to shame.
Several things we have in common though, various forms of alternative
power sources and thier applications are quite the same. One thing that
nobody has mentioned until now is those alternatives! This is a rapidly
growing trend considering existing systems are terribly overloaded and
produce pollution. Considering safety and waste disposal issues, nuclear
is a dead industry in the US, no new plants have been built in decades.
Considering the ever growing threat of terrorism, I wish they would get
rid of Oyster Creek Nuclear only a few miles to the south.
Well, megavolts or not, the line down the street is still 2400 volt,
single phase and the transformer on the pole out front still feeds the
house with 240/115 volt single phase house current.
Oh, there is another issue, the 13KV 3 phase feeders and substation up
the street which supplies the town will always drive me nuts with radio
static. Unless the Atlantic Ocean dries up, the salt spray from the beach
and high humidity will make those lines arc all up and down the
insulators. I don't have to go to Readington to hear the SHV link
sputtering and hissing, I just take a walk a few blocks west at night
when it's quiet. About the only way I'll have nice quiet HF operation is
from KB2VXA/MM several miles out to sea!
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I'm a technician, not a magician!
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73 de Warren, KB2VXA
e-mail: kb2vxa@juno.com
Message timed: 15:29 on 02 Jul 02 UTC
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