r/RadioQuietZone • u/badbiosvictim1 • 6d ago
Support group meets every third Saturday of the month. Green Bank library is located at 5683 Potomac Highlands Trail, Green Bank, WV 24944. The door to the left of the main door will be open.
A Wall Street Journal reporter rescheduled conducting interviews to the July 18, 2026 meeting.
Rescheduling attendance to monthly meeting
https://www.reddit.com/r/RadioQuietZone/comments/1uayt61/rescheduling_attendance_to_monthly_meeting/
Two months ago, he requested EMR syndrome residents to answer in r/RadioQuietZone his preliminary questions prior to the meeting. His questions are:
(1) Curious about living in the Radio Quiet Zone
(2) "If any recent changes like allowing more wifi in the community have caused any changes?"
The interviewing will start at 4:15 pm and continue to 6:15 and can be extended as needed. Please arrive promptly.
Potluck will start at 4:15 pm. Write ingredients of your dish on a piece of paper and place it next to your dish.
Please do not wear fragrance.
All r/RadioQuietZone meetings are open to the public.
If there is time, there will be a vote whether to allow Type 1 or type 2 targeted individual to vote.
https://www.reddit.com/r/RadioQuietZone/comments/1twvutj/discussion_on_whether_to_allow_targeted/
r/RadioQuietZone • u/badbiosvictim1 • 1d ago
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La Paz County
[Off Grid: Arizona] Off grid land in Bouse, AZ near sand dunes in Cactus Plain Wilderness
Dolan Springs and Meadview in Mohave County
[Off Grid: AZ] Location of Cell Towers in Dolan Springs
[Off Grid: AZ] For a town of less than 2,000 residents, Meadview, Arizona has lots of cell towers.
https://www.reddit.com/r/RadioQuietZone/comments/i6v7fl/off_grid_az_for_a_town_of_less_than_2000/
Navajo and Apache Counties, AZ including Snowflake
[Off Grid: AZ] Eiwellspring refuse to disclose their community in Navajo and Apache counties, Arizona have cell reception, cell site simulators, network interface devices and drift from power plants
[Off Grid: AZ] Cellular Meter Report of River Meadows Ranch in Apache county, Arizona
https://www.reddit.com/r/RadioQuietZone/comments/hxe3pk/off_grid_az_cellular_meter_report_of_river/
[Off Grid: AZ] Strongest two hidden wireless networks (SSID) an app ever detected. Numerous SSID in Navajo and Apache counties where there is wi-fi.
https://www.reddit.com/r/RadioQuietZone/comments/hvim7l/off_grid_az_strongest_two_hidden_wireless/
Off Grid: AZ] Death and disease attributable to fine particle pollution from coal burning power plants in Arizona
[Off Grid: AZ: Apache] Cell tower, cell site simulator and network interface device (NIC) report of Vida Nuevo Ranch Road in Apache county, Arizona.
[Off Grid: AZ] [Meter Reports] Quanta Monitor App reported strong SAR and power density while making calls in Navajo county, Arizona.
[Off Grid: AZ: Apache] Lyman Lake State Park Meter Report
[Off Grid: Arizona] Meter Report of Concho Lake Campground
Miscellaneous
[Off Grid: AZ] Where in Arizona is land for sale that does not have power lines and cell reception?
r/RadioQuietZone • u/badbiosvictim1 • 6d ago
Part 1:
[Power Lines] [Weather] Why I moved to the RQZ and why I regret moving
In 2019 to ascertain whether to move here, I asked the few EMR syndrome people who were residents in 2019 what the Green Bank Observatory's policy was on electric meters, street lights and satellite phones and why they allowed wi-fi. No one would tell me.
I asked at the Science Center at the Observatory what employee I could ask questions. The employee didn't know. I asked EMR syndrome residents which employee they may have talked to. No one would tell me.
I went to the employee building next to the Science Center. I requested speaking to an employee. Mike Holstine came to the door. We made an appointment.
Why did the EMR syndrome residents conceal the identity of the employee? In 2017, just two years prior to my arriving in January 2019, a few EMR residents were in a documentary and other EMR residents watched the documentary. The documentary interviewed Mike Holstine. They kept the documentary and the employee a secret. In 2026, I discovered the documentary when an EMR woman was watching it at the library computer next to mine. I asked her for the name and URL of the documentary.
https://www.reddit.com/r/RadioQuietZone/comments/1sulmcx/youtube_censored_the_last_quiet_place_2018/
I invited EMR syndrome residents to my interview with Mike Holstine. They refused to attend. I took notes during the interview. I asked Mike Holstine to write the Observatory's policies on radio stations, electric meters, street lights, satellite phones and wi-fi on their website. Mike Holstine refused.
I invited Mike Holstine to answer questions at the very first support group meeting I was organizing. I typed an announcement and posted it at the library. I asked EMR residents to email the announcement. They all refused. Thus, a very low turn out.
[RQZ: WV] Observatory scientist will answer questions at the electromagnetic hyypersensitivity support group meeting
https://www.reddit.com/r/RadioQuietZone/comments/bebpm1/rqz_wv_observatory_scientist_will_answer/
At the meeting, I asked for a volunteer to take minutes. No one volunteered. I took the minutes. I asked EMR residents to email the minutes to EMR residents who had not attended. They refused.
I asked u/EMFActivist what to do with the minutes. u/EMFActivist advised to write a fact sheet. I wrote the fact sheet. I asked u/EMFActivist how to distribute the fact sheet. She did not make any recommendations. At that time, I had not known that u/EMFActivist and K woman had their own email lists but they did not email the fact sheet. u/EMFActivist didn't put me on her email list until the following year. K woman didn't put me on her email list until 1 1/2 years later. Why had EMR residents censor the Observatory's policies?
I organized a second meeting. Extremely low turn out. I didn't organize another meeting until this year.
In 2019, to distribute the fact sheet on questions and answers to Mike Holstine, to uncensor housing censored by EMR residents and fraudulently advertised housing, I created r/RadioQuietZone. EMR syndrome residents refused to read r/RadoiQuietZone. EMR residents refused to refer r/RadioQuietZone to other EMR residents and visitors. The EMR residents who had not attended the first support group meeting did not know they were censoring information on Observatory's policies.
It was not until 2022 when I got an email list that EMR people were emailed information on r/RadioQuietZone. They didn't read the posts on Mike Holstine which were archived into a wiki and included in the wiki index. Thus, I will cite the wiki:
[WIKI] Observatory's policy on electric meters, street lights, satellite phones, radio stations and Wi-Fi
I believed Mike Holstine gave an accurate oral description of the unwritten policies of the Observatory. I erroneously relocated here based on Green Bank Observatory's policies. It had not occurred to me that several policies would very quickly change.
BETRAYAL BY THE OBSERVATORY
STREET LIGHTS
The Observatory's policy on street lights is the only policy that has not changed. LED street lights are still prohibited in zones 1 - 4.
ELECTRIC METERS
Mike Holstine stated smart meters (and automatic meter readers (AMR) were prohibited in zones 1 through 4. However, there are automatic meter readers in zone 4 in Arbovale and Dunmore. Last year, I reported the meters to the Observatory. They didn't give a damn.
[WIKI] RQZ: Automatic Meter Readers
https://www.reddit.com/r/RadioQuietZone/comments/1he8tm7/wiki_rqz_electric_meters/?
RADIO STATIONS
Mike Holstine stated there is one radio station in Pocahontas county. The Observatory approved lower power density transmission of the radio station.
Green Bank Observatory's policy on radio stations changed. Nondisclosure by Observatory allowing 41 satellite radio stations.
PART 3: SATELLITE PHONES AND WIFI WILL BE A THIRD POST
r/RadioQuietZone • u/badbiosvictim1 • 6d ago
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Clouds and Fog
West Virginia is also one of the more cloudy areas of the country. Beckley, Elkins, and Huntington all average about 200 days per year with overcast conditions. These locations are among the cloudiest in the eastern United States.
Fog is predominantly responsible, and it is prevalent throughout the state due to two primary factors. The first factor is linked to high evapotranspiration rates from extensive forest cover. The second factor is rapid nighttime radiation loss from elevated locations and the ensuing cold air drainage that often fills valleys. This combination causes West Virginia to be one of the foggiest locations in the country, with several towns reporting dense fog (visibilities below 0.25 miles) for at least 40 days per year.
Autumn mornings tend to be foggier than summer mornings. Although fog can form any time of the year, it's more likely to occur during the fall months given clearer skies and longer nights. Despite a drier ground--usually--fog can still turn pretty dense, especially near rivers and across deeper valleys. (WCHS/WVAH)
https://wchstv.com/weather/blog/weather-blog-why-is-fog-more-common-in-the-fall
Beckley, Elkins, and Huntington all average about 200 days per year with overcast conditions.
This data does not include ground fog in the morning.
Elkins is in Randolph county. Pocahontas county is directly south of Randolph county. Pocahontas county receives similar ground fog and cloudy weather as Elkins. Elkins is colder.
Rimel in southern Pocahontas county and Greenbrier county have considerably less fog. Greenbrier county is south of Pocahontas county. Their fog starts burning off earlier in the morning.
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r/RadioQuietZone • u/badbiosvictim1 • 25d ago
https://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/satellite-phone-service
In contrast, SpaceX has already launched over 160 satellites for its cellular Starlink system, which plans to start serving T-Mobile customers later this fall, starting with text messaging before rolling out internet and voice connectivity in 2025. As a result, Musk's tweet suggests he'll try to attract business from AT&T and Verizon at the expense of AST SpaceMobile.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/elon-musk-cellular-starlink-will-only-be-exclusive-on-t-mobile-for-the
r/RadioQuietZone • u/badbiosvictim1 • 26d ago
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r/RadioQuietZone • u/badbiosvictim1 • 29d ago
“The beauty of Starlink as a backup to GNSS is that it’s such a different system—frequencies 10 times higher, bandwidths 10 to 100 times wider, power 100 to 1,000 times stronger, satellites 100 times more proliferated,” said Todd Humphreys, director of the Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG) and the Radionavigation Laboratory at The University of Texas at Austin, in correspondence with Ars.
[Starlink; Signal Identification] A single Starlink satellite emits thousands of concurrent, dynamically steered radio beams. Additionally, the satellites emit constant tracking signals, and have been documented to produce over 112,500 individual unintentional radio emissions.
[Starlink] [Signal Identification] "A combination of broad-band features, covering the entire observed bandwidth, as well as narrow-band (bandwidth < 12.2 kHz) emission at frequencies of 125, 135, 143.05, 150, and 175 MHz, was observed."
[Starlink][Signal Identification] Second-generation satellites emit UEMR that is up to a factor of 32 stronger compared to the first generation. The calculated electric field strengths exceed compatibility standards for electronic devices and recommended emission thresholds.
[Satellites] [Hum] Starlink emitted radiation at frequencies between 110 and 188 MHz, well below the 10.7–12.7 GHz radio frequencies used for downlink communication signals.
[Satellites] [Hum] Detection of radiation from Starlink between 110 and 188 MHz from 47 out of the 68 satellites. "This frequency range includes a protected band between 150.05 and 153 MHz specifically allocated to radio astronomy by the International Telecommunications Union."
https://www.reddit.com/r/RadioQuietZone/comments/1l50wtr/satellites_hum_detection_of_radiation_from/
Joint wiki with r/electromagnetics
https://www.reddit.com/r/Electromagnetics/comments/1udkhto/wiki_starlink_signal_identification/?
r/RadioQuietZone • u/badbiosvictim1 • 29d ago
r/RadioQuietZone • u/badbiosvictim1 • 29d ago
MINUTES
The day of the meeting, the WSJ reporter submitted a post again requesting written answers to his questions that he has submitted last month. Reporter will attend July meeting either in person or via speaker phone. To answer the reporter's questions, write comments to his questions at:
and
How to use Reddit to answer the WSJ reporter's questions was explained.
Discussion on that day's numerous posts on signal identification and power density of each Starlink satellite emitting thousands of signals.
[WIKI] Starlink: Signal Identification
https://www.reddit.com/r/RadioQuietZone/comments/1udjjy5/wiki_starlink_signal_identification/
B man reported he was able to satellite text at the airplane landing strip on the Observatory land. He saw sheriff employees satellite call in the Science Center parking lot of the Observatory. Last year, B man reported he satellite texted in the Green Bank school yard.
List of topics were handled out requesting people to choose what topics they would like to discuss at future meetings.
A frequent visitor requested 6G be a topic. None of us knew anything about 6G. 6G was placed on the topics list. If any one has information on 6G, feel free to submit a post. If you want to lead a discussion on 6G, submit a post so it will be scheduled in.
There was a requst for a discussion on ground currents. The meeting on August 15 will discuss ground currents and how to meter them.
The demographics post was briefly discussed. C man and T man had vacated. The number of EMR syndrome male residents was reduced to two part time male residents and eight full time male residents. Majority of residents have always been women.
D woman brought her kitten inside the meeting room. The library's policy is only service dogs.
r/RadioQuietZone • u/badbiosvictim1 • Jun 20 '26
r/RadioQuietZone • u/badbiosvictim1 • Jun 20 '26
Introducing Frontier, a Verizon Company
https://www.verizon.com/about/news/introducing-frontier-verizon-company
Before terminating a POTS telephone line, you may want to test whether you can tolerate a fiber optic telephone line.
POTS telephone lines pulse.
r/RadioQuietZone • u/badbiosvictim1 • Jun 20 '26
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https://greenbankobservatory.org/front-page-news/improved-satellite-internet-service-for-nrqz/
AI:
Starlink is now available to 99.5% of residents and first responders within the National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ), including Pocahontas County. Through an agreement with the Green Bank Observatory, SpaceX operates in 42 of 46 local service cells, excluding a tiny 0.5% blackout area directly around the telescope for radio protection.
As a result, Starlink is now live in 42 of the 46 cell areas around the Green Bank Observatory’s telescopes; previously, the satellite internet access was unavailable across all 46 sites.......
In an email, Gillespie also told PCMag that the Roam version of Starlink had actually been available across 100% of the quiet zone for the past two years. But after SpaceX announced its agreement with the Green Bank Observatory, about 0.5% of the quiet zone has lost the Starlink access, he said
Roam version includes while driving a car or a boat.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-increases-price-for-starlink-roam-plan-but-adds-features
Definitions of zones:
[WIKI] [RQZ: WV] Zones and maps
r/RadioQuietZone • u/JournalWriter11 • Jun 20 '26
I was hoping to attend the June meeting either in person or via telephone as a reporter for the WSJ. I won’t be able to attend today and I would now like to attend in July. I’m open to speaking to anyone before that as well. Thanks, and I’m still very interested in reporting on the area!
r/RadioQuietZone • u/badbiosvictim1 • Jun 17 '26
[Rules] [Interviews] Nonprofits, professions and corporations wishing to promote at meetings, interviews by reporters and on this sub must reciprocate in advance by referring r/RadioQuietZone and r/electromagnetics on their website.
[Meetings] Proposed rules
https://www.reddit.com/r/RadioQuietZone/comments/1s3ljkn/meetings_proposed_rules/
Meeting Rules: Proposed Voter Fraud Prevention
[Rules: Voting] Is it customary at meetings of patient support groups to allow family members, friends and the public to vote?
r/RadioQuietZone • u/badbiosvictim1 • Jun 17 '26
History of support group and parties in the RQZ
[Meetings] Wall Street Journal reporter rescheduled conducting interviews at the sixth meeting on July 180, 2026 from 4 to 7 pm
[Meetings] Wall Street Journal reporter will conduct interviews at fifth meeting on June 20, 2026 from 4 to 7 pm
https://www.reddit.com/r/RadioQuietZone/comments/1txw0su/meetings_wall_street_journal_reporter_will/
[Announcements] Discussion regarding when and where to hold a monthly support group and what topics to discuss on March 21, 2026 from 4 to 7 pm.
https://www.reddit.com/r/RadioQuietZone/comments/1rmlg6k/announcements_discussion_regarding_when_and_where/ [Meetings] Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) Syndrome meeting third Saturdays from 4 to 7 pm
[RQZ: WV] Observatory scientist will answer questions at the electromagnetic hyypersensitivity support group meeting
https://www.reddit.com/r/RadioQuietZone/search?q=meeting&restrict_sr=on
[Hacking] Posts cannot be printed in portrait. Words are cut off on the right side. Announcements of meetings are cut off.
[RQZ: WV] [Groups] Announcement of second meeting of the electromagnetic hypersensivity (EHS) support group of the radio quiet zone in Pocahontas and Pendleton counties
Joint wiki with /r/electromagnetics
r/RadioQuietZone • u/badbiosvictim1 • Jun 17 '26
The meetings and interviews are open to the public as individuals. Professionals, nonprofits and corporations may attend. They may not promote unless they have agreed to comply with the submission guideline below and have in fact done so. Duration of referral would be on going not short term.
[Submission Guidelines] Announcements of new subs, forums, Facebook groups, blogsites are contingent on reciprocity. Hosts must agree to refer r/radioquietzone on their site. Mods must agree to approve referrals.