Space Search Roller Coaster

Being electrosensitive one thing that is necessary is landline/DSL. Ok if you are healthy and can get around maybe not. You can just drive to where-ever and get what you need. You don’t need help, as you do it yourself. But, when you are in poor health and homebound most the time, landline/DSL are requirements to meet basic survival needs.

The best of the places seen so far, still had too much RF radiation to be safe, but better than where I am now. I had confirmed with centurylink twice before going to see it and twice after going to see it, giving them the exact space numbers the last 2 times. They confirmed the space had landline and DSL, but the DSL was the slowest out there. OK with me, as it would allow me my basic needs. With not finding anything else and time going by I rented it. I set up all the services and spent days of time to prepare for my move to that spot. When I placed the order for phone/DSL with centurylink, they informed me there was no service there and that the first 4 reps had lied. I asked for a supervisor and was refused the request, as what happened was no big deal. “No big deal”. I had rented the space and spent a great deal of money and time for travel to go see it to begin with. I then asked them if they could set up phone service at another address, where the reps had previously told me there was 12 mbs of DSL. You guessed it: again there was no service.

I knew how lucky I was to get my money back for that space I had rented. Not so lucky in that I was left scrambling for something else with time to move running short. I had gotten some calls from people with spaces, but they were all false leads. The people did not have spaces they could rent, though they said they did, but they did have a wild goose chase to go on.

I learned my lesson with the previous space I rented and, am no longer willing to travel to see any space, if I do not already have an active phone/DSL order placed for that exact address. When you place the order they also do a loop or line test to see exactly what DSL speed is there. I set up accounts with Frontier in N. Arizona, Windstream in NM and even placed an order with Valley Telecom. The Valley Telecom one had to be cancelled without considering what probably would have been an awesome space, as they refused to make reasonable accommodation, in allowing me to use my own DSL modem for DSL service, instead of their modem that could easily blast me with wifi and that I can not have. Also my modem can plug into the low EMF solar that I require for my living space. Theirs can not. My solution there seems easy. Just file a case with the ADA for denying reasonable accommodation. I did that but it could take 4 to 6 months or more to resolve. To long to have to wait, when I need a place now. This is now new. Many businesses and organizations in New Mexico feel they do not have to follow the ADA laws.

The following weekend, I went again to Arizona to see the progress on my RV at the new shop and space hunt. The best thing I found was and overpriced space that is about the same in RFs as where I am now, but everything else was a huge improvement. Warmth, space and a great environment and NO 24 loud train. I had already set up phone service and the centurylink box was nearby. It was far more than I wanted to spend and would be a stretch each month, but great while I wait till the hot season and find something cheaper. So I went with that. My big mistake there was asking if I could pay 3 months in advance and get a reduction in rates. Two days later they called, they were not going to do a 3 months reduced rate or rent to me at all.

I had already done research into some of the other places that centurylink did not serve to see if I could get services through a cable company and that did not work out either. I did find a modem by zoom that can plug into 12 volt DC and does NOT have wireless capability. This zoom modem was compatible with the companies I spoke to had they had service.

The other spaces I was looking into either turned out to be too close to towers or had a large power company transformer by the property or had very high RF readings-too much to tolerate. So my only option left was a space in New Mexico, in the dreaded “Resurrection ” county. I had already asked centurylink to do line/loop tests at all the spaces I was considering and had an order for service at one of them.

Pretty trailer spot in Tucson includes view of stars

So minutes after getting the rejection call from Tucson I headed off to Deming, New Mexico…To be continued in part 2

Trip To Arizona To See My Trailer And Look At Parking Spaces

Last Tuesday I went to Arizona and saw my trailer for the first time, since July when I bought it. It was a very long trip and a very long day. I cannot stay in any hotels, as they all have wifi, so I must make a straight round trip. On the way I pulled over at my favorite rest stop and shot this video. I cannot walk well enough to use any of the facilities at this rest stop, as they are quite far from the car.

My first stop was to see the progress on the trailer. It was a big disappointment.  One of the exterior repairs on the corner was only half done and the solar is going to have to be redone. The installer had agreed to make the frame per my design and I confirmed this with him 3 times.

My Solar Stand Design

I ended up getting something else. The manufacturer of these panels informed me that this frame would cost me about 10% efficiency!  The installer was angry that I could not have the panels, on the roof, due to the fact, I can NOT take the emissions, and I guess this is my punishment.  There are more options on the ground: tilting them for the sun and being able to get solar, while parking in the shade. I deducted the frame from the bill and will be taking it elsewhere to have the adjustment bars changed to something that does not shade any of the solar cells. A few other things are going to have to be redone elsewhere, as well. Renogy gave me a name of someone they recommend.

Pieces sticking up will cast shade on panels!

Those wires will be the perfect play and chew toy for the first cat that comes along!

After that I felt kind of down. I then traveled 3 1/2 hours away to look at spaces in another area. My mouth stayed numb for a couple hours: there was a lot of RF radiation at the shop where the trailer was, though their wifi was off, the neighbors’ wifi was still going.

I had picked three very rural half empty parks to see, but only actually was able to consider one.  The other 2 had no wired internet service available period. This is a requirement, when I can’t get to stores or even go in them, if I did. My food comes by fed-ex and UPS and so does every other necessity. Homebound people need some internet access.  I drove for what seemed like eternity to see this park. It is out there. It felt calming to be away from the sprawl.  The spaces I looked at were far from neighbors and would have been perfection had the power lines in the park not been hooked to the smart grid and were now RF antennas.  After checking the most remote spaces, I tried some of the ones closer in. They were further from the lines, but still not good. The best one is about the same or better, than where I am now.

I am seriously considering it, in case my current landlords do not agree to give me more time. If they do not then I will go with this to avoid ending up in something worse, as it’s hard to find a place as good as the unsafe place I have now. Over time I can pay off the bills and continue to look for something further away from frequencies. It will be easier to find something if I am living in the state and do not have to drive a day each way to see these spaces. My goal is to get my own land to park on. This is also a bad time to find parking in Southern Arizona, as fall is, when all the snowbirds are after spaces. People tend to stay one last winter and give up their great long-term spaces in the spring.

After leaving the park, one of the other parks that had no internet service was on the way, so I stopped and checked it out. That way I would know about it, if the phone company ever expands their DSL area. This second park was far worse.  There were smart meters on each post, pulsing away.  The park itself was less densely populated and further away from anything. It was a very nice park.  Too bad it was blasted by the smart meters.

So I will have to see if I can have till spring or if I will have to make a lateral move, as far as RFs go and take the best of what I saw today so I can be out in October. Outside of RFs it’s a big improvement: No blasting train, a nicer area, more peaceful and a better environment.

Desert RV Park Has Quiet Zones

The big issue for me and the whole reason I am doing any of this, is to find a spot that is free of elecro-pollution. No wifi. No smart meters. No cell towers. No RF radiation period! Many in my situation flock to Green Bank, WV. But what if you have poor health like I do?  I can not take the cold.  I can not chop wood or shovel snow. Living in that kind of harsh environment just will not work.

With an RV, there are more options, than with a fixed building. First I am seeking a warm climate. I do not care for California and it’s very hard to do off grid cooling in humid climates, so Arizona is a good bet. I know I do not want to stay in NM, too cold and not a supportive positive place for me. I would most like to find a place with RV hook-ups on private acreage.  They are often costly, but sometimes deals come along.

A more common option is a park. This can often create real issues for someone who is electrosensitive.  Often parks have wifi and the trailers are parked in like sardines. The whole reason for living in a trailer is so it can be parked out of range of the RF emissions. There are parks where there is a great deal of space between trailers and though they advertise wifi, the wifi only reaches the space by the office and some actually have no wifi. These parks are often out of the budget for most.

On one of my RV hunting excursions, I was driving through “Resurrection County” (What I call the South West area of New Mexico, after seeing a movie of the same title, I found this name quite fitting. I avoid driving there whenever possible!), when I saw this RV park on the side of the road.

I pulled into it, as it looked like there was quite a bit of space between the trailers. They had wifi at the office! I drove around the park and pulled into several spaces, testing each one with my RF meter. The meter showed nothing at most of the spaces. The meter went crazy in the area of the office.

The spaces are one quarter acre each, so I really wondered how much would travel from one space to the next. It seems that most the spaces would be a good place for RF free living.

A shame that this park is so overpriced and that the area is such a risk to personal safety. If this were not the case, I might be slightly tempted to stay in New Mexico. This is the kind of set up that would be a good one.

I posted about this park, as it’s a great example of what can be found, if you look. There are some better priced parks in Arizona, that have lots of space. Those would be possibilities, if I do not find a private lot.

Oh, and I lied. I saw one tiny home on a truck, back in the early 70s, but they did not call them “tiny homes” back then.