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Offline Fender16

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Re: I think my PC is Haunted
« Reply #15 on: February 25, 2009, 11:10:03 PM »
I think this answers the problem

First heard that song performed by these guys at Warped Tour 04'
Damn good cover IMO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeVMJUcirXY

Back on subject, I also have that problem sometimes on this game.
It is more frequent when I use Teamspeak though.

Offline ROX

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Re: I think my PC is Haunted
« Reply #16 on: February 26, 2009, 02:53:39 PM »
1.) Yes the voices were very clear. no static or anyhting like that. It sounded like spanish to me.

2.) Last night was the first time I have heard it. It stopped about 20 minutes after I posted and hasn't come back.

3.) There was music and voices at the same time. The music contunued when the voices stopped. It seemed like the voices had nothing to do with the music as it did not sound like singing to me.

4.) It was about 9pm when I heard them first. it may have gone on earlier, but I was not on that PC.

5.) My laptop was 3 feet away and din't pick anything up. Neither did my cell phone or TV.


I am going to try using my scanner to see if I can pick up anything that sounds similar to what I was hearing.




1)  Usually this indicates an AM signal (not necessarily AM "radio"); but the mode--meaning that it is not a Single Sideband or FM signal).  Your scanner will most likely only pick up FM signals in the VHF/UHF range (except for Aircraft 110-135 mHz, which is usually AM).  Remember all three Romantic languages, Spanish, Portugese, and Italian can be confusing to someone unable to identify them.  I'll go with your Spanish on this one.


2)  Since last night was the first time you heard it, you can pretty much rule out a commercial AM broadcaster.  Many smaller town 1 kW local stations are S/S (sunrise to sunset).  Do an internet search in your area for local foreign language programmers, however again--that sounds like a REAL longshot.


3)  This is really starting to sound like a pirate radio station (no licence, no FCC certifications, and illegal).


4)  Evenings after dark are pirate station's best friend.


5)  Your cell phone is all but RFI from VLF/LF/HF interference proof because it uses frequencies in the microwave range.  Cable TV can be succeptable if cords are long.  TV with home antenna (not cable) can be succeptable if the station is close, ungrounded, using trashy equipment that is turned up far past it's indended settings, or any combination of those.



From your answers so far, I'd say you had a pirate AM station between 25 mHz and 28 mHz using CB equipment and an external (illegal) amplifier.

Why I say pirate is because so far, it has been highly intermintent, you also didn't mention hearing commercials and people can identify commericals even if they don't speak the language. 

In the USA, CB hit a peak in 1976 and has gone down to almost nothing since.  Not a lot of truckers use it anymore.  They use cell phones and GMRS.  On the other hand, CB was and still is "The Poor Man's Cell Phone" in many Caribbean, Latin American, and South American countries.  They couldn't afford private phone service (many people had to travel to a nearby town to make calls).  If they had electrical service, they COULD get a CB and install a relatively inexpensive antenna and talk for miles.

They also bring that mindset to America.  I can understand, in a way, their frustration if they get to an an area of the US that has little or no Spanish programming to want to get their CD player, fire up on a CB channel and become a DJ for a half hour. 

If it is a pirate (and I'm still basing this on not a lot of information) he's right in your neighborhood--probably less than 2 or 3 blocks away.

If it becomes a habitual problem PM me and I'll hook you up with some people right in your area that can help.





ROX


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Re: I think my PC is Haunted
« Reply #17 on: March 01, 2009, 04:41:30 AM »
I had a kinda similar situation... a few years back, nightly at midnight, my computer speakers near my bed (Which I leave on 24/7) would sound as if some deep, monsterous voice was saying "Hello!" It scared the **** out of me every time, and it wasn't exactly midnight, but within 10 minutes. Went on for a month, and if I turned the speakers off, it would happen when I turned them on... scared me silly. It suddenly went away one night and has never happened again.

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Re: I think my PC is Haunted
« Reply #18 on: March 01, 2009, 06:20:10 AM »
I had a kinda similar situation... a few years back, nightly at midnight, my computer speakers near my bed (Which I leave on 24/7) would sound as if some deep, monsterous voice was saying "Hello!" It scared the **** out of me every time, and it wasn't exactly midnight, but within 10 minutes. Went on for a month, and if I turned the speakers off, it would happen when I turned them on... scared me silly. It suddenly went away one night and has never happened again.

Dude, that thing that lives in your closet was just trying to be friendly.
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Re: I think my PC is Haunted
« Reply #19 on: March 01, 2009, 07:34:59 AM »
Back in the 80's, a friend of mine had RFI problems in the PA system at his church from passing motorists using CB radios.  He asked me to take a look at the setup.  The mic and cables were clean back to the mixer box.  The problem was they had two 75' runs of speaker wire back to the upper balcony for the PA.  That's 150' of wire, not including all the cables for the mics and electrical cords. The long lengths of wire made excellent antennas, even though they weren't hooked up to any reciever.  Stray RF, harmonics, and spurrious emmisions from everywhere and anywhere could be picked up and come over the PA system.

Did this happen despite of having balanced XLR signal feeds?
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Re: I think my PC is Haunted
« Reply #20 on: March 01, 2009, 05:43:37 PM »
Dude, that thing that lives in your closet was just trying to be friendly.
 
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Re: I think my PC is Haunted
« Reply #21 on: March 02, 2009, 12:45:41 PM »
Did this happen despite of having balanced XLR signal feeds?


Remember the original reply...'early 1980's".

The mic box in question DID have the "modern" XLR connectors, even though it was made in the late 1960's.  Another thing I did NOT do was to see if the cable was shielded or unshielded.  It really doesn't matter much since it still picked up stray RF anyway.  Another person there who was a master electrician with the US Navy put a capacitor in line midway through each of the PA speaker runs.  Between that and what I did, they never reported back about any RFI problems.

Hey C-Bass!  Have you noticed any problems since you posted your original post??




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Re: I think my PC is Haunted
« Reply #22 on: March 02, 2009, 04:17:05 PM »
They were not coming from VOX or Range and sounded like a mexican radio station.

Easy thing to do would be call I.C.E.   :lol
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