IL. Family Puzzled By Strange Sounds, Voices Coming from Their Home's Walls for 6 Years

[TBO]

https://people.com/human-interest/family-hears-strange-sounds-voices-coming-from-home-walls/

 

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[minervadoe]

I'm reminded of a crystal radio set that you can make out  of a cardboard toilet roll with copper wire wrapped around it.

[Walt Longmire]

My dad's alarm system picks up a radio station late at night. Doesn't do it all the time, and when it does it will fade in and out. Sometimes it gets quite loud. It's not music either, but some talk show.

[Huaco Kid]

54 minutes ago, minervadoe said:

I'm reminded of a crystal radio set that you can make out  of a cardboard toilet roll with copper wire wrapped around it.

My wife grew up in a yuuuuge Civil War -era farmhouse that had knob-and-loop wiring.  It wasn't uncommon for it to capture, and somehow play, all kinds of broadcasts.

[Dric902]

4 hours ago, Walt Longmire said:

My dad's alarm system picks up a radio station late at night. Doesn't do it all the time, and when it does it will fade in and out. Sometimes it gets quite loud. It's not music either, but some talk show.

Coast to Coast AM

[Huaco Kid]

8 minutes ago, Dric902 said:

Coast to Coast AM

Red Eye Radio.

Because probings should be duly documented and discussed.

[janice6]

I live very close to a "clear channel AM Radio Station",  that in the evenings ran 100,000 Watts around 1 MHz.  When I first moved into the area, people started putting up chain link fences.  Those less than a mile from the radio station could see occasional arcing at mechanical joints in their fencing at night.  The buzzing of the variation in intensity of the arc could be heard.  

The radio station radio frequency signal intensity measured from the antenna is measured in Volts per Meter.  That means that if you had (for example purposes) a one meter long conductor, you could expect one Volt from one end of the conductor to the other.  Then obviously, if you had a 10 meter long conductor you could expect 10 Volts from one end of the conductor to the other.

Now lets say you have a total length of your fencing top rail of 300 Meters.  Then for this example you could measure 300 Volts across the conductor end to end.

Let's say the total length of your fence from start to finish around a typical lot is 700 meters (just for example).  Now if there is a break in the fence the voltage across the break in the fence (maybe a gate) would be 700 Volts.  Of course this is AC at the frequency of the radio station so the potential for electrocution is much less, however, you could get a good shock or see an impressive electrical arc when closing an open gate.

The finish on the chain link fences in our area are mostly Galvanizing.  If you have a poor electrical connection the only make contact through the Galvanizing plating you could have a diode rectifier action due to the oxidation of the Galvanizing with a spark that varied in intensity with the amplitude modulation of the radio station. 

This arc varying in intensity through the Galvanizing, would ionize the air around the arc and cause an acoustical sound from the variation in intensity of the ionization of the air.  You could easily hear a very poor reproduction of the modulation of the radio frequency causing the arcing which you could tell was the sound being sent as a modulated radio frequency signal.

All this means that if you had two pieces of metal with a poor electrical connection between them and some length to them, you could get the same effect producing some sound.  Houses in my area have galvanized heating ducting throughout the homes, the also have greenfield shielded electrical wiring in the homes, they have Aluminum or Galvanized rain gutters around the roof.  Any of these have the potential for producing a sound due to arcing of radio frequency signals if the radio station is close enough and running enough power to produce an arc.

The Greenfield is suppose to be mechanically connected throughout its length for a safety ground, but many times age and poor installation make for a poor electrical connection, which in turn can potentially cause the arcing and the sound heard in the story.

The solution would be to use a bonding strap across any and all mechanical metal joints in the walls affected.  And most of the time this is too expensive to do, unless you are really uncomfortable with the noise generated.

[minervadoe]

I wonder of this could explain my headaches.  Radio waves, man.  Radio waves and electricity coursing through everything.

[janice6]

12 minutes ago, minervadoe said:

I wonder of this could explain my headaches.  Radio waves, man.  Radio waves and electricity coursing through everything.

Don't forget the Earth's magnetic field.  Our politicians should put a stop to that too.

[minervadoe]

54 minutes ago, janice6 said:

Don't forget the Earth's magnetic field.  Our politicians should put a stop to that too.

I'm actually afraid that they will.

[Walt Longmire]

2 hours ago, minervadoe said:

I wonder of this could explain my headaches.  Radio waves, man.  Radio waves and electricity coursing through everything.

They're Shooting Electricity Through My Walls. Robert Service.

[gwalchmai]

"Hurry the bottle, mama. It's grapefruit wine..."

[Historian]

20 hours ago, janice6 said:

Don't forget the Earth's magnetic field.  Our politicians should put a stop to that too.

Just wait until iit shifts. You'll be ok, then.

Edited February 24, 2020 by Historian

[Historian]

10 hours ago, minervadoe said:

I wonder of this could explain my headaches.  Radio waves, man.  Radio waves and electricity coursing through everything.

The van Allan belts are not a fashion statement.

[tadbart]

11 hours ago, janice6 said:

I live very close to a "clear channel AM Radio Station",  that in the evenings ran 100,000 Watts around 1 MHz.  When I first moved into the area, people started putting up chain link fences.  Those less than a mile from the radio station could see occasional arcing at mechanical joints in their fencing at night.  The buzzing of the variation in intensity of the arc could be heard.  

The radio station radio frequency signal intensity measured from the antenna is measured in Volts per Meter.  That means that if you had (for example purposes) a one meter long conductor, you could expect one Volt from one end of the conductor to the other.  Then obviously, if you had a 10 meter long conductor you could expect 10 Volts from one end of the conductor to the other.

Now lets say you have a total length of your fencing top rail of 300 Meters.  Then for this example you could measure 300 Volts across the conductor end to end.

Let's say the total length of your fence from start to finish around a typical lot is 700 meters (just for example).  Now if there is a break in the fence the voltage across the break in the fence (maybe a gate) would be 700 Volts.  Of course this is AC at the frequency of the radio station so the potential for electrocution is much less, however, you could get a good shock or see an impressive electrical arc when closing an open gate.

The finish on the chain link fences in our area are mostly Galvanizing.  If you have a poor electrical connection the only make contact through the Galvanizing plating you could have a diode rectifier action due to the oxidation of the Galvanizing with a spark that varied in intensity with the amplitude modulation of the radio station. 

This arc varying in intensity through the Galvanizing, would ionize the air around the arc and cause an acoustical sound from the variation in intensity of the ionization of the air.  You could easily hear a very poor reproduction of the modulation of the radio frequency causing the arcing which you could tell was the sound being sent as a modulated radio frequency signal.

All this means that if you had two pieces of metal with a poor electrical connection between them and some length to them, you could get the same effect producing some sound.  Houses in my area have galvanized heating ducting throughout the homes, the also have greenfield shielded electrical wiring in the homes, they have Aluminum or Galvanized rain gutters around the roof.  Any of these have the potential for producing a sound due to arcing of radio frequency signals if the radio station is close enough and running enough power to produce an arc.

The Greenfield is suppose to be mechanically connected throughout its length for a safety ground, but many times age and poor installation make for a poor electrical connection, which in turn can potentially cause the arcing and the sound heard in the story.

The solution would be to use a bonding strap across any and all mechanical metal joints in the walls affected.  And most of the time this is too expensive to do, unless you are really uncomfortable with the noise generated.

Blah blah blah lots of big words... noise generated.

[Cheygriz]

It's them dad-burned Klingons!  They're controlling our minds  with Zeta waves. And them contrails in the sky is chemicals to lower our resistance.

 

Better watch out, cuz them "Build-A Burgers" is Klingons in disguise. They dun took over from the Loom-a-Notees and they's runnin' the hole show now.

[Historian]

Almost everything metal acts as an antenna of some sort.  Some radiate and receive better than others.

This...is an antenna for ham radio.

[minervadoe]

3 hours ago, Historian said:

The van Allan belts are not a fashion statement.

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A Van Allen radiation belt is a zone of energetic charged particles, most of which originate from the solar wind, that are captured by and held around a planet by that planet's magnetic field. Earth has two such belts and sometimes others may be temporarily created.

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The belts are located in the inner region of Earth's magnetosphere. The belts trap energetic electrons and protons. Other nuclei, such as alpha particles, are less prevalent.

We obviously need Al Gore to fix this.

[Walt Longmire]

1 hour ago, Historian said:

Almost everything metal acts as an antenna of some sort.  Some radiate and receive better than others.

This...is an antenna for ham radio.

Metal gutters work good for the radio. Just hook up the antenna leads.

[Huaco Kid]

3 hours ago, Historian said:

The van Allan belts are not a fashion statement.

Orion's belt is mahvelous!

(ever look around there with a telescope?)

[Huaco Kid]

I heard of dental fillings that picked up broadcast signals.

[tous]

4 hours ago, minervadoe said:

We obviously need Al Gore to fix this.

It caught on fire once.

Fortunately, we had the Seaview and Barbara Eden to save us.

 

[Silentpoet]

We used to live close to a radio tower back in the 80s.  Every so often you could hear it on the TV.  I think when we recorded Willow off of HBO there are some parts where you could hear it on the VHS tape.

[RS_Rider]

4 hours ago, Huaco Kid said:

I heard of dental fillings that picked up broadcast signals.

That happened to Gilligan. ?

[minervadoe]

1 hour ago, tous said:

It caught on fire once.

Fortunately, we had the Seaview and Barbara Eden to save us.

Thank goodness foe the Intrawebs.  My thirteen second Intrawebs search revealed Barbara Eden played Lt Cathy Connors on Seahunt.  Time to search the Roku for Seahunt.  

Edited February 23, 2020 by minervadoe