** Anecdotal story on magnetic detection of 10/16/99 Mojave quake ** The following was a letter to the Nov. '99 issue of LOWDOWN, the publication of the Longwave Club of America, and is posted with permission from the author. I thought the group might be interested in the equipment and results. Charles R. Patton ---quoted text follows--- Shake, rattle, and roll. Jay Miller (WA5WHN; wa5whn@............. wonders whether he had an encounter with mother earth's magnetic personality at his home in Albuquerque, NM, on October 16. "A few weeks ago, I had ordered two G8317 EMF detectors from Electronic Goldmine in Scottsdale, AZ {1-800-445-0697 http://www.goldmine-elec.com}. I think they were less than $3.00/each. I did not get the time to test and profile the circuit board. I had plugged a 9VDC battery into both of them and they both seemed to function. While walking in front of my son's audio system, the lights began to light-up and modulate with the change in audio frequencies. This little device does have a directional antenna. Figuring it was sensitive enough to pick up my son's stereo speaker magnets, I had placed the device into a clear plastic case, wired up a 9 VDC supply and left it on facing east-west. Sort of a green LED night light in the bedroom." "Well, this morning at 4 AM MDT, the detector was flashing 3 Green LEDs consistently. I had noticed the flashing lights, and awakened my wife to show her. While facing north/south or vertical, the indicator LEDs would turn off. However, when I would return to facing the little antenna east/west, the same 3 LEDs would light up. I went outside to see if I could spot anything visually. Nothing. When I turned on the radio, I heard there was a 7.0 earthquake in the Mojave Desert. I think this little detector may have picked it up." "Did anyone else have a similar experience?" .... _____________________________________________________________________ Public Seismic Network Mailing List (PSN-L)
Larry Cochrane <cochrane@..............>