138 Quick Solution for Attenuating RF from New or Suspect Devices

In this episode of the EMF Remedy Podcast, Keith Cutter shares a quick and practical solution to managing radio-frequency (RF) radiation from new or suspect devices. He walks you through building an inexpensive, efficient, and stylish “quarantine zone” to house potentially harmful electronics, keeping your home RF clean. Whether it’s a guest’s phone or a device you don’t fully trust, this easy project offers a protective way to mitigate unwanted radiation. Plus, learn how to enhance it with EMP protection, safeguarding your electronics in the event of a solar storm or electromagnetic pulse. Simple, affordable, and effective—this episode will help you take control of your RF exposure and create a safer, more comfortable home.

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction to RF Hygiene
• 4:44 The RF Quarantine Solution
• 7:34 Building Your Stylish Container
• 10:23 Practical Usage Tips
• 11:32 Grounding and EMP Protection
• 15:53 Summary and Closing Thoughts

Transcript

Keith Cutter: 1:32

RF hygiene isn't a new concept for you. You like to keep a clean house free from unnatural radiation. One of the ways to do so involves the use of a convenient quarantine facility for suspect or new devices. Today, we're talking about building an inexpensive, efficient and stylish device you can live with Coming up. Hi, this is Keith Cutter, host of the EMF Remedy Podcast, helping you to achieve effective avoidance of synthetic exposures in your home, as well as developing a winning mindset so you and your loved ones can survive the 21st century electroplague. Today, I want to share a quick, practical solution that I use in my own home to deal with radiofrequency radiation, or RF from suspect or newly acquired devices. It's what you might call a quarantine zone, A handy RF attenuating container that doesn't cost an arm and a leg, isn't obtrusive in your home, provides excellent attenuation and accommodates devices as large as my MacBook Pro. So picture this you have friends arrive at your home, some of them unaware of how to maintain RF hygiene. Perhaps some don't even know. Rf hygiene is a good idea, and you need a relatively gracious way of quickly isolating potentially offending devices. Alternatively, you yourself may own devices that you just don't fully trust. From an RF perspective, they're not emitting right now. You can see this with your trusty RF meter, but what about after midnight? What is this device doing? In either case, this project provides the solution.

Keith Cutter: 4:48

This is going to be a very brief episode because this is such an easy project. Brief episode because this is such an easy project, but I know if you take the time and energy to make one of these things, you're going to be very impressed. And how versatile this solution is and how effective. I mean. I did some testing afterwards. I couldn't see a difference between the background level of RF in my home without an emitting device in the can or with one in the can. I know nothing is perfect attenuation, but just from my quick setup, my quick testing, it appeared on my meter to be nearly perfect shielding. Your mileage may vary, Knowledge may vary.

Keith Cutter: 5:56

So much about this is seeing what it looks like. When you see what this looks like, it's just going to be apparent. This is really easy. I don't have a lot of ways to do that on an audio podcast, so what I'm going to try to do is change the cover image so that you can see what the project looks like. And what you'll be looking at is an ash can, okay, like a miniature garbage can that some people might use for cleaning out their wood stove or their fireplace, for example, and then you can put the lid on tightly and set it outdoors for a couple of days in a place where it's not going to burn anything down from the heat. Burn anything down from the heat and then, once it all, uh, you know give it sufficient time and then you can dispose of the ashes, um, in a safe place. That's what, that's what the can is designed for. I purchased mine from Home Depot, Spray painted a lovely sage green color with contrasting color accents from some leftover wallpaper border and that's it.

Keith Cutter: 7:28

Just need to make certain you leave a one-inch gap at the top of the can for a tight fit with the lid, which provides, by the way, electrical continuity between the lid and the body. Now don't worry about the one-inch gap at the top of the can being unsightly, as this protective margin is covered by the lid, so once you put the lid on, you can't see that the top one inch of the can is not painted. Before my wife applied the spray paint finish and the wallpaper border, this project looked fairly utilitarian, but now actually, it fits perfectly with the colors and the decor of the spot it occupies near the front door, making it both functional and attractive. The container itself has an impressively large internal volume, about 6 gallons or 23 liters, and that means it can hold multiple devices at once. The tallest item that comfortably fits inside is my MacBook Pro computer. Place all new, visiting or other suspect devices into the now decorative bin and you're safe from an RF perspective. Safe from an RF perspective. Now for guests, I like to have them include their car keys and here's the reason so that they don't forget their precious devices when driving home. In other words, you don't really care so much about their keys emitting. But if you put their keys with their devices, they can't leave right. They can't forget their devices because they can't leave without their car keys. They may walk out of your house after a nice visit or dinner or whatever you're doing, and get out to their car, but they're not going to get further.

Keith Cutter: 10:02

Now we need to talk about grounding. Some people have the mistaken belief about grounding RF attenuating surfaces. So it's worth noting. You don't need to electrically ground a container like this to improve RF attenuation. So if you're just after RF attenuation, you're done. Your RF quarantine bin is now complete.

Keith Cutter: 10:41

Can you go further? Yes, electromagnetic pulse protection. In this case, the additional protection is for the devices inside the container, not for your home or your body. When you maintain a tight metal-to-metal seal, you're not just blocking radiofrequency radiation. If you ground it, you're also creating a genuine Faraday cage. That means you're protecting devices from electromagnetic pulses. Protecting devices from electromagnetic pulses like the kind that could result from a nuclear detonation at altitude or a major, possibly a major solar storm.

Keith Cutter: 11:52

How likely are these events? Well, like I say, I haven't gone to this level, but you might like to. I mean, it's quite easy. Of course, emp protection doesn't reduce your personal exposure to synthetic fields, but it does give you a way to preserve critical electronics. Something to consider, especially if you depend on certain gear for work or communication. In that event, grounding the container is necessary for the Faraday effect. A grounded enclosure provides a safe path for stray electromagnetic energy to dissipate harmlessly into the earth. That's especially valuable in the case of a Carrington-type solar event we had one in this country about 1850, and it melted the telegraph lines in some places. And it melted the telegraph lines in some places or a nuclear event I don't consider that very likely. You might which could otherwise wipe out sensitive electronics. So while no solution is guaranteed to survive these most extreme scenarios, a grounded container like this gives you a strong layer of protection, one that costs very little, looks great and works well for managing everyday RF exposures too.

Keith Cutter: 13:36

I'm going to just mention parenthetically, because recently I've dealt with a lot of people who are doing partial shielding inside of living spaces. You know, shielding for RF attenuation is not a casual affair. You can't just put a little bit of shielding up or paint one wall or whatever and expect to have well, maybe the kind of results that you're hoping for If you're trying to model a Faraday cage, you have to have a tight seal. In this case, you're going to have almost a watertight seal. Almost not quite, almost not quite. That's really what a Faraday device looks like is no gaps. So this is just a good model of that, something to keep in mind if you ever do get into shielding projects.

Keith Cutter: 14:42

All right, so in summary, creating a quarantine zone in your home is a simple, affordable way to shield electronics and reduce unwanted RF exposure from suspect devices. Whether you use it temporarily for guest devices or long-term for ongoing management, it's a highly practical project and the added bonus of potential EMP protection. This one upgrade delivers both peace of mind and better EMF hygiene. Small, thoughtful changes like this can have an outsized impact on your personal environment and your long-term well-being. I hope this episode has been helpful. Being. I hope this episode has been helpful. Join me in praying that this episode and my other work may be a blessing to many. Keith Cutter emfremedycom.

Gweneth: 16:00

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