I build weird things.
Some of these weird things have no function, other than decoration.
But some have a function -- albeit a weird one.
Take this so-called 'Tesla' radio, for instance.
It's a fairly simple device. At its heart is a diode. It's a crude AM radio, one whose simple design means that the strongest signal will wander in and be heard until another stronger signal pops up. It works best at night, when the old AM bands are most active.
Right after I built this unit, I just turned it on and let it run for hours at a time. I recorded some of these sessions, and the results are -- well, creepy.
I can almost imagine alien astronauts pulling into orbit around Earth and tuning in themselves. The following short recording is a sample of what they might hear, if they selected an AM band.
The recording has an eerie quality. If you've ever been on a nighttime cross-country drive, with nothing but the car radio for company, you know what I mean. Stations fade in and fade out. You'll get spine-chilling 'Children of the Corn' radio preachers railing about Hell and damnation one minute, old pop music the next.
It's easy to believe you're slipping between dimensions on a long dark road in the middle of nowhere.
If so, here's the perfect soundtrack.
Earth By Night - click to listen!
No wonder the saucer men just shake their heads and take off for less sinister destinations....
