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United States National Radio Quiet Zone (wikipedia.org)
8 points by brrrrrm on Feb 10, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments


I remember learning about these as part of the prep for the amateur operator license exams. Somebody really wanted hams to know about it.

I wondered how much of the Quiet Zone effect was used for scientific research and how much was for military applications, say, on a pie graph...or a venn diagram :-)

BTW: "scientific experiments have shown this condition is caused by" > link to nocebo page > "Evidence suggests" ...hmmmm...sucks that the wording is such an issue with this stuff, but really, that's quite an awkward differential


There's a really fun game set here, The Blackout Club[0]. Really generates some spookiness off of the concept.

[0] https://store.steampowered.com/app/599080/The_Blackout_Club/


I read that people who are extremely sensitive to RF have moved here and have claimed to experience some relief.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFJG-lz2yqk


from the article:

> The area has also attracted people who believe they suffer from electromagnetic hypersensitivity, though scientific experiments have shown this condition is caused by the nocebo effect rather than electromagnetic waves




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