There may be a simpler explanation for the "tvi" to then tv channel 3. As I
watched the film at this years swl fest, I began to recognize a series of items
that were familiar to me. These included the place that the guy lived, his
general appearence and the reported "buzzing sound" that people in the film
said they heard comming through their tv sets. It was in that time frame,
through a 3rd party, that I sold an old piece of military radio gear called a
PRC-77. It covers the freq range 30-76mhz fm and has a 150z tone generator on
transmit which probably is the source of the buzzing sound. I was told that the
buyer wanted to transmit religous programming on tv channel 2 in New York. The
radio was capable of transmitting on both channels. Channel 3s audio was on
65.75mhz back then. The 3rd party confirmed for me that my suspicions were
correct. So at least that small part of the mystery my be solved. CRAIG
---------- Original Message ----------
From: bernieS <[email protected]>
To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Swlfest] "Resurrect Dead:" showing in Philadelphia this week
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:50:45 -0400
Hmm...did my post about this on Tuesday Sept 6 not make it to the
list? Anyway, on Thursday the (Sundance Award-Winning) documentary
film director Jon Foy asked me to give a short presentation during
the Q&A after the Philly film premier--so I talked a bit about pirate
shortwave broadcasts and brought in an E.F. Johnson Viking
transmitter and matching TVI filter to show the audience. (The
subject of the film was a mysterious individual who reportedly used
such a transmitter on 6250 KHz in the mid 1980's to promulgate their
bizarre message to the world.)
One thing documented in this film is these strange broadcasts were
heard coming through people's TV sets in Philadelphia. The
filmmakers and I have had an ongoing discussion about whether this
was intentional TVI or not. They thought yes, I thought no. But the
night before the film premier and presentation it occurred to me that
the 10th and 13th harmonics of 6250 KHz nicely line up nicely with
the audio carrier frequencies of *both* KYW-CH3 and WPVI-CH6 in
Philadelphia. This seems beyond coincidence to me, so it made for a
good discussion at the Q&A.
The theater was sold out with 350 in attendance, and I told them
about the SWLfest and suggested they check it out the website. At
the reception afterwards several people approached me and asked for
more info, so I'm hoping this film will bring more people into our community.
If you can't come to Philly and see this excellent film on Sept 10,
11, or 12th, it's available on Video On Demand (check the website
below for more info) and should be out on DVD sometime this
winter. It was screened at the IFC theater in New York City last
Friday (Sept 2) and got good reviews in both The New York Times and
Village Voice.
Cheers,
-Ed Cummings
>Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:28:37 -0400
>To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <[email protected]>
>From: bernieS <[email protected]>
>Subject: SWLfest film "Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee
>Tiles" screening in Philly
>
>For those of us not too far away from Philly, you might want to come
>into town for a screening of the excellent documentary film you
>enjoyed (or missed!) at the SWLfest this year: "Resurrect Dead: The
>Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles." It won Best Director of Documentary
>at Sundance this year! The Director Jon Foy chose the 2011 SWLfest
>as the premier (private) screening venue as a Thank You for all the
>help we gave him and his staff for making the documentary a success.
>
>Much of it was filmed at the 2006 SWLfest, and it features some of
>our inimitable characters there--as well as an intriguing story line
>that includes mysterious pirate shortwave broadcasts. Definitely
>worth seeing, even if you saw it before. It's playing at
>International House (3701 Chestnut Street in Phildelphia) on Sept 8,
>10, 11, 12. See you there!
>
>http://www.resurrectdead.com
>
>Cheers,
>
>-Ed Cummings
At 11:10 AM 9/10/2011, Richard Cuff wrote:
>If you are in the Philly region and missed the special screening of
>the Sundance award-winning documentary "Resurrect Dead: The Mystery Of
>The Toynbee Tiles" we had at the Fest in March, you have a chance to
>see the film over the next few days - there are showings today
>(Saturday) through Monday at the International House on Market Street
>in University City. The review linked below touches on the shortwave
>radio connection in the film; the 2006 Winter SWL Fest appears in a
>pivotal sequence.
>
>http://origin.avclub.com/philadelphia/articles/toynbee-tile-investigators-jon-foy-and-colin-smith,61093/
>
>Those of you distant from Philadelphia might want to create a Google
>News Alert to flag when the film may be coming to your city.
>
>Thanks to Kim Elliott for the heads up!
>
>Rich Cuff
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