NOISE INTERFERENCE
IN A BOX SESSION


When there is an occurrence of noise interference during a ghost box session or on the recording that was produced from the session there are a few reasons that this may occur.

In my experience what may be causing this problem to occur is a very high EMF emission that is interfering with the recording possibly a computer monitor, household appliances or any electrical device that may be running and giving off high EMF.
 
You will not be able to tell what it is unless you sweep the area  with an EMF meter, if you have one I would suggest doing that and then doing your session in a place where the EMF emissions are the lowest and you receive the best reception signal possible, you may have to sacrifice a bit of reception or vise versa a bit of noise for one to accommodate the other and give you the best situation.
 
The other possible cause may be your batteries, sometimes with low batteries it will hinder the boxes ability to receive the best and strongest signal it is also true of a recorder or any device that runs on batteries, the lower the power the poorer the performance and with the recorder that may mean the production of the Whine.
 
It could also be that you are picking up a frequency from any number of sources, cell phone, walkie talkie, ham radio even a GPS signal can possibly run on a frequency that is either picked up by the radio or disrupted by it. Try walking around until you receive the strongest and clearest signal possible.
 
If you are hearing this "Whine" live while you are doing the session it is a reception, battery or EMF problem messing with the radio reception. If you only get it in the recording then it is a problem with the recorder, it could also be that the recorder has a mechanical problem and needs to be repaired or changed for another recorder.

Bruce Halliday