REFLECTOR: The Bermuda Triangle in Eastern North Carolina - Or is it Voice of America

[Scott Derrick]

Gary,

Which EFIS?

Scott

Gary T. Ciampa wrote:

>
> There I was, thought I was gonna die!
>
> I'm flying along, fat, dumb and happy at 3500 feet, marveling at the 
> scattered clouds along the route, on my way back from Okracoke Island 
> (W95) to Sanford, NC (TTA). My wife is sleeping quietly in the right 
> seat, we're crusing at 155 knots, life is good. The audible alarm goes 
> off on the EFIS, waking my wife up and stirring me from my bliss, oil 
> pressure has dropped to zero, fuel pressure is bouncing erratically, 
> fuel empty light flashing. The big fan in the back still seems to be 
> turning, which is a good thing, I'm deciding if ISO, PGV or OCW is 
> where I was headed! ISO is just off the nose, downwind, I can do a 
> straight-in, on the big, long runway, so that's the plan. A lifetime 
> later, or about thirty seconds, all the instruments and readings 
> return to normal, along with my blood pressure.
>
> It turns out, I've encountered aspects of this phenomenon in the past, 
> although not to this degree. There are several Voice of America 
> antenna farms in the area and am apparently picking up electromagnetic 
> interference from the transmitters. ??Could this be an artifact of a 
> composite airframe?? Could I have some lengths of wire which are 
> coincidently a multiple of the wave length of the transmitter?
>
> In the past, typically the interference has been limited to hearing 
> radio transmission side tones in the intercom system.These side tones 
> are not coming in from the radio as I can turn off the radios, turn up 
> the ICS and enhance the sound (yesterday it was spanish talk radio). 
> One on trip, the fuel empty light flickered for about 15 seconds and 
> then returned to the lifeless amber color, I seem to recal I was at 
> 5500 feet at that time.
>
> Next trip, I'm wearing my lead underwear!
>
> Thanks, Gary
>
>
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