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Strange or unusual magnetic field (according to "SkyEye")


Seamaster

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I flipped on SkyEye on my Android phone a short while ago and it kept flashing a message "strange magnetic field" and even "very strange magnetic field"!

Could it be the magnetic clip on my phone flip case?

Or have I discovered a strange conspiracy involving alien technology, perhaps underground?

I live in Shelton Lock, Derby and actually I do hear a strange humming at night?

My wife can't hear it but it's definitely there, some nights more so than others.

The Rolls Royce test beds are only a mile or so away and there is a large sub station there also.

So two questions really....second one being has anyone else local noticed the humming?

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In fact this will answer your questions perfectly.....

 

http://skeye.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/243108-dealing-with-strange-magnetic-field

 

Especially this bit......

 

Whenever SkEye is in automatic scrolling mode, SkEye gathers data from two or three sensors in your Android device. They are the accelerometer, magnetometer and gyroscope (if available).

The magnetometer measures the ambient magnetic field around the device, similar to a magnetic compass needle. Ideally, the device is surrounded by only the Earth's magnetic field which helps to figure out the direction accurately.

However, in practice, there can be other sources of magnetic fields too. For example, these could be:

    Strong permanent magnets such as those in loudspeakers.
    Electronic equipment such as laptops.
    Transmission wires
    Steel OTA of a telescope

 

No aliens / government experiments etc etc.....

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Guest Tweedledum

This is a good un. The magnetic field is much more likely to be in the immediate vicinity of the phone. Both the RR plant and substations will be very heavily faraday shielded. The  humming noise  is usually associated with low frequency transformer generated noise. If it is quiet particularly at night these low frequencies have the ability to travel long distances. if it is foggy doubly so!, the ability to hear these frequencies vary, which would explain why your wife cannot hear them.


 


If the equipment is the property of the local energy companies / national grid rather than RR, then you can ask them to check the levels eminating from the substation.


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Microwaves have substantial transformers in them to generate the high voltage for the magnetron, and as these have gotten cheaper, some of the protection is reduced to the steel can covering it. These generate a whopping field, but are usually only short range.


There have been these low frequency hums reported before, I heard about one in some village somewhere and it got reported on the radio, no one was able to find the cause.


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Cue the twilight zone theme..."dodo dodo dodo dodo..."

Oh my phone is a Samsung Galaxy.

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Ah ha!!!

You see, it's those aliens digging their secret installations right under our feet?.....

Or....a secret civilisation living underground that have only in recent decades evolved into an industrial society and thus started making noise?......or........?

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