SPRING 2024 – DIGITAL ONLY

In Volume 38-1 of American Locator Magazine, we present the next generation of locator training, on video, from Planet Underground TV. This revolutionary video series from Staking U and PUTV offers tracks for the beginner to expert utility professional. Learn electromagnetic locating equipment and techniques, and get a fundamental technical understanding of how our nation’s infrastructure operates.

This issue continues with Locating Instruments: Analyze. Follow along to text, graphics and screen captures direct from the training videos. Included are a full glossary of terms and sample test questions.

PLUS, read the latest transcript from Mike and Jemmie’s Barstool Sessions’ latest video touching on the private vs. public locating sphere.

MIKE AND JEMMIE’S BARSTOOL SESSIONS EPISODE 5
Mike Parilac and Jemmie Wang debate private vs. public locating and the utility

LOCATING INSTRUMENTS: ANALYZE

Different Antennas, Different Results
• Searching for the Primary
• Signal Splits
• Horizontally-Positioned Peak Antennas
• Electronic Null vs.Null

Pipeline Depth and Guidance
– Locating a large diameter pipeline
– What does digital depth tell you?
– Why depth estimates can change

Something Else is Near
– Hooking up to a 3-phase transformer
– Looking at utility maps
– Different frequencies can do different things

SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS

GLOSSARY OF LOCATING TERMS