Friday, February 25, 2022

Noise

[UPDATE:  Use a mic-lock for both cell phones.  It reduces interference and static significantly. 2022-03-17 04:23 AM.]

You might have heard stories or urban legends about individuals hearing... something... in the static noise from a TV or radio.  It might have been from a noisy water fountain or a machine intended to help someone fall asleep easier.

All those stories weren't just true, they were warnings delivered to mostly deaf ears.

How can such an obviously uninformed and ignorant statement as that be correct?

Why don't you find out for yourself.

If you didn't like the post Dripping for some reason (not everyone likes water) this is an alternative:

  • 1 analog white noise machine.  It needs to be ANALOG and not digital!  Even better if the noise can be adjusted.  Here's some examples of what to use which can be purchased from eBay:
    • Marsona analog white noise machine.
    • Marpac Dohm analog white noise machine
  • 2 cell phones with service.  One will be used to call the other.
  • 1 wire frame trash can with a plastic, rubber, or lacquer coating.  This will produce the static electric field that's needed.

Photos of analog white noise machines tested in a city more east coast than west coast:

"Vintage" Marsona 1200

"Vintage" Marsona 1220


Assemble your garbage (cell phones with destroyed screens work just as well as brand new ones) as the photo shows:

Assembled apparatus

Call one cell phone from the other, place one under the wire frame trash can after setting it to speaker mode.  Take the other into a different room to prevent feedback, set it speaker mode but also mute it.  That's the phone to record with assuming there's anything to be heard.

It may take some trial and error to find what may be there or not find what isn't.  But if the off-white noise where you live has something important to say,, it should become apparent.

Try adjusting the following:

  • Call volume on either cell phone.
  • Volume on the white noise machine.
  • Distance between the white noise machine and the cell phone.

It may also be wise to avoid excessive time listening to white noise.  Common sense can readily replace it.

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