Topbanders: A pipeline company seeks a permanent easement to place about 450 feet of 24 inch ethane pipeline 3 feet underground under my 160 meter Beverage field. Since I live in a "free" country, I am not permitted to decline; I must attempt to negotiate the best possible compensation to preserve my ability to pursue happiness.
Therefore I am trying to craft words to go into the easement agreement (via my attorney) that requires the pipeline company to mitigate any interference to 160 meter (and other) ham radio operation. There seem to be two possible sources of interference: 1) electromagnetic interference (however unlikely), and 2) physical interference, in the sense that the pipeline is only 3 feet deep and my Beverage post holes typically go down 4 feet. For reason 2 I am asking the pipeline company to put their pipeline more than 4 feet deep. For reason 1 I want to ask the pipeline company to remedy any cause of RFI, EMI, impulse noise, buzzing, static, etc. caused by the construction, operation, maintenance, commissioning, etc, of the pipeline. In other words, I seek words that cover any possible circumstance so that the pipeline company finds it cheaper to use engineers rather than lawyers to fix their problem. Anyone have any experience mixing permanent easements for underground utilities and ham radio operation? I intended to ask the ARRL to ask their lawyer to expand the list of "legal terms" that describe external interference to ham radio operations. From the collection of DXers and contest operators that frequent this forum, I hope someone can provide anecdotes to help me with my research. Thanks in advance! Victor, K1LT _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
