[Spooks] transistor set

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Answer: What is the sound of a transistor frying?


At 08:12 PM 8/30/04 -0700, you wrote:
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>when I was a kid I had a cheap battery powered
>transistor radio. It used 2 AA batteries. I hooked up
>a 9 volt to it (cause I do things like that). What
>came from the radio was one of the most eerie things I
>have ever heard (still remember quite clearly). Some
>twenty years later when I first heard a dial up modem
>start up it raised the hair on the back of my head. It
>was virtually the same sound I had heard from the
>radio. I remember it wasn't a quirk. It did it every
>time I turned it on (better at night). If I remember
>correctly there were approximately 20 broadcasts up
>and down the dial, each similar but different. I would
>listen for hours fascinated. eventually the radio got
>broken and it was behind me (I was 10).
>
>     Has anyone heard of such a thing(I'm sure someone
>has)? I recently was brought aware of the project
>conet recordings and I was instantly reminded of my
>childhood experiment. I had never heard of numbers
>stations before(I've never even seen a shortwave
>radio). Does anyone have any info?
>
>     I'm sure what I heard was not random interference
>
>thanx
>Fred
>
>
>
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