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There seems to be an area inside my house where this meter which is totally passive (no battery or active electronics, only a 4 foot whip antenna) can be deflected more than half way. Only electricity can do that. I made sure anything that can produce electromagnetic energy was switched off or as far away from the meter as possible. Devices include a baby room monitor, cordless or cell phones, and wi-fi. I’ve known about this ever since I moved into this house in 2002. It is probably the cause of poor radio reception I’ve been plagued with, as some tuners can become “desensed” when bombarded with strong electromagnetic fields. It’s kind of creepy and I wonder if it is slowly driving me out of my mind. I originally posted this on FaceBook about three months ago, but rest assured this phenomenon is still happening!

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Here is my recording of New Year’s 2018 featuring the sounds of the celebration at midnight at my home in Seattle. The recording starts at about 11:55 PM, December 31st, 2017 and ends at about 12:17 AM, January 1st, 2018. Along with an inexpensive Dell laptop computer, I used VSTHost with LoudMax as a VST plug-in. A little editing, normalizing and noise reduction was performed with iZotope RX6. Pictured below are the microphones, adapter cables, and recording interface. One microphone was placed outside at the front of my house, facing west, and the other just outside on my back deck, facing east. I recommend listening on headphones for the full effect.

Inexpensive electret condenser microphones

                                       Covered with tissue paper

Phantom power to electret plug-in power adapters by Naiant Studio

What is an electret microphone?

Mackie Onyx Blackjack recording interface

Grounded metal window frame to prevent AC hum from nearby power lines from being induced on west facing microphone

New Year’s Far Rockaway, Queens, New York

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This was captured from an online open microphone from approximately 11:55 PM, December 31st, 2017 to about 12:14 AM, Eastern Standard Time, January 1st, 2018. This micophone seemed to be plagued with a lot of rumbling wind noise with clicks. I used a couple of passes of declick, and then phase rotation and normalization to -.3 dB in iZotope RX6. The sound is much improved, although the volume drops every time there’s a a gust of wind, and a compressor reduces the gain.