How about K.I.S.S.?
Earplugs or industrial noise suppression ear muffs at night.
Cheap to try and see if the sound is external to her head.
e.g. RF vs acoustic.


Jinx wrote:

>>Get her to switch off the power to her house and see if the
>>sound disappears. It's a quick test and will quickly narrow
>>it down to "us" or "them"
> 
> 
> She tried that quite early on, and it made no difference
> 
> 
>>But Jinxs' original problem (or more correctly his friends
>>problem) could be caused by bolt corrosion on the tower
> 
> 
> The tower has been there for just a few months, so that's
> unlikely, but not impossible. That it is a recent structure and
> she had no problems before is another reason I think she's on
> to something. We just have to figure out what the "something"
> is
> 
> 
>>Another alternative may be metal joints within her house (- does
>>it have a galvanised iron roof?) doing the same thing
> 
> 
> Will ask
> 
> 
>>I have heard of bed springs rectifying signals from AM radio
>>stations
> 
> 
> And here's me buying a tuner like a sucker
> 
> 
>>as well as metal tooth fillings causing problems when cracked
> 
> 
> She has had dental work recently, notably having almagam
> fillings removed and replaced with composite
> 
> 
>>The last one should be easily verifiable by going to another
>>place with high RF fields - get her to visit you Jinx and go for
>>a drive along scenic drive through the ranges behind you, past
>>another BCL tower ;)
> 
> 
>>Another possibility - is it really coming from the tower?
> 
> 
> Two suggestions I put to her. This list has really honed my
> investigative process. Assume nothing about what the complainant
> "says" it is
> 
> I asked her if she experienced this around any other tower, and
> lord knows there are plenty of them. She said no, and will try it.
> Whether I get a love-struck ride with an attractive single blonde
> (-ish) Swede is something I was working on anyway ;-)
> 
> 
>>It could be coming from the fuse board, and be due to a ground
>>fault condition, causing ground currents from neighbouring
>>consumers to come down the neutral and then to
> 
> 
> I thought of perhaps buried cables, could be power or data, or
> even someone in the area (she's not completely remote) who may
> leave a faulty monitor on at night
> 
> One suggestion I gave her was to look at some sort of Faraday
> cage. Some quick way of isolating herself from the RF to see if
> that is what is really causing the problem. We discussed what
> might be a suitable experiment, and came up with a grounded
> panel van and aluminium foil. Whether this will be practical, I
> don't know, but she's at straw-clutching stage. Was careful to
> stay away from tin-foil hats and the wearers thereof, but if she
> got a good night's sleep I actually think she might up for it
> 
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