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Pole 26 – A New Terminal on the World’s Largest Tesla-Type Measurement Instrument

In 1919, Marconi completed five high-frequency power plants around the world — including the one at Bolinas, California, on the San Andreas Fault. Driven by Alexanderson alternators and built on principles Tesla had discovered, those stations weren’t using the Hertzian (electromagnetic-radiation) wireless that became “radio” as we know it today. They used something different — longitudinal dielectric induction, what Tesla called rays of induction propagating through the earth itself.

The Bolinas station is gone. The antennas are down. The buildings are derelict.

Out in the Nevada desert, Eric Dollard has been building the modern successor for the last twelve years.

The EPD Long Line at EPD Laboratories’ Tonopah field site is an above-ground Beverage pole-pair receiving antenna — 4,800 feet of it — picking up earth signals. It is the world’s largest publicly known Tesla-type measurement instrument. Eric calls it “a massive scientific instrument” and “a massive analog computer.” It streams live, 24/7.

Listen now: Live earth-signal stream — epdlabs.org/seismic-streaming/

What’s New at Pole 26

The Long Line has two ends, and they listen to two different bands.

The Shack end handles the lower frequencies — VLF and ULF, up to around 20 kHz — and that’s what’s been streaming live online for some time now.

The other end is at Pole 26. Until this week, it was just a termination point with old experimental hardware hanging off it. In the latest field session, Eric and the crew stripped all of that off, ran new conduit and grounds, and installed a proper terminal cabinet at eye level. Pole 26 is now a working field terminal — Eric can connect meters, instruments, and test equipment directly, without making the trip out and up to the Shack.

Pole 26 is dedicated to LF and MF reception, up to around 3,000 kHz, including the maritime mobile band near 500 kHz. That’s the band where Eric has been hearing earthquake precursors and unusual signals for years — including the precursor to the Ridgecrest earthquake, picked up on a modified AM receiver in his car. Steven McGreevy will be doing his own AM broadcast and low-band reception work from this terminal as well.

Two separate ground systems were installed at Pole 26 — a signal ground (connecting to a network of buried ground rods running down the wash) and an electrostatic / lightning ground (with its own dedicated network). They’re not metallically connected. The site has, in Eric’s words, “ground ten times over what you would ever expect in desert terrain like this” — because of the underground water running below the antenna line. Marconi chose Bolinas for the same reason: an underground spring runs beneath that antenna field, and the station was oriented along the San Andreas Fault. Geography is part of the instrument.

We caught the whole build on video — Eric walks through the antenna, the two-band setup, the grounding system, and what’s coming next.

Watch the video:

Why This Antenna Is Different

A modern radio antenna radiates Hertzian waves — transverse electromagnetic waves spraying out into space, with energy density dropping off as the square of distance. The energy is lost the moment it leaves the antenna.

What Tesla discovered, and what Marconi built at Bolinas, was different. Tesla’s system used longitudinal dielectric induction — standing waves of energy reciprocating between transmitter and receiver through the earth itself, with the earth acting as a propagation medium, not just a ground reference. The energy didn’t dissipate. It bounced back and forth until something demanded it.

The Long Line at Tonopah is a receiving instrument built on those same principles. The Shack end was already online and streaming. What just got added at Pole 26 is the field terminal that makes the other end of this instrument practical to work with — without trekking to the Shack every time. From here, Eric can experiment with terminations, run instrument measurements, and characterize what the Line is picking up in real time.

Want the deeper background? Watch and read Eric’s recent piece on the engineering lineage:

👉 Tesla–Marconi Wireless System (May 3, 2026)

Essential viewing for understanding what Pole 26 actually is, and why it matters.

What Comes Next

Eric is twelve years into this build, and estimates roughly twelve more before the system is finished as conceived. The next steps from Pole 26: build out a terminal facility at the mine site (where utility power has been arranged), run signals there from both ends of the antenna, and eventually carry them on through open wire, toll-entrance cable, and fiber into town. The full plan was laid out in detail in this latest field session.

Eric will also be talking about all of this — the engineering, the history, and where it’s going — at the upcoming conference.

🎤 ESTC 2026 — Eric Dollard’s Presentations

Eric will be giving two presentations at the Energy Science & Technology Conference 2026:

  • The Alexanderson Aerial — Ernst Alexanderson’s wireless transmission system and Eric’s research building on it. Don’t miss it.
  • Gangrene Energy — Eric’s framing for the dirty electricity loose in our utility infrastructure — millions of volt-amperes of it bleeding into the ground at any given moment. What it does to the electromagnetic environment, what it means for measurement and reception, and why it’s getting worse.

Streaming tickets are available for those who can’t attend in person.

👉 Full details, in-person tickets, and streaming tickets at emediapress.com/conference

Support EPD Laboratories

EPD Laboratories, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research organization. Every dollar goes directly into field research, infrastructure, and Eric’s ongoing work. Donations are tax-deductible.

👉 Donate to EPD Laboratories

Eric Dollard’s Books & Videos

The complete library of Eric’s published work — books, video presentations, and technical material — is here:

👉 Eric Dollard’s books and videos at EMediaPress

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Tesla-Marconi Wireless System

This is an old Borderland video that Eric Dollard wanted to bring to everyone’s attention because it is highly relevant to the Earth Signals, Telluric Transmission and his upcoming 2026 ESTC presentation on the Alexanderson network. We’ll be setting up a live Zoom call in the near future for discussion specifically on the content in this video.

To get notified when the Zoom call is scheduled, join Energy Times

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For 2026 ESTC streaming tickets to watch all the presentations, go here: 2026 Energy Science & Technology Conference

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EPD Laboratories, Inc. – Eric Dollard & Crew 2026-05-03

Here’s the latest up Eric Dollard’s upcoming presentations at the 2026 Energy Science & Technology Conference, Earth Signal streaming update, upcoming EPD labs work episode, Tesla Turbine update and more.

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2026 ESTC Streaming Tickets available: https://emediapress.com/energy-science-and-technology-conference/

Energy Times Newsletter https://emediapress.com/energytimes

Seismic Streaming live: https://epdlabs.org/seismic-streaming/

Lakhovsky MWO: https://emediapress.com/mwo

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In Memory of Steve Hilsz — Director of EPD Laboratories, Inc. (1945–2026)

Steve Hilsz, Director of EPD Laboratories, Inc., passed away in the early morning hours of March 1, 2026 at the age of 81 at Hospice of the Valley in Surprise, Arizona.

Those who followed the live calls with Eric Dollard knew Steve as the legendary “Glom Meister” — the man behind the famous Glom Locker, an extraordinary collection of vintage surplus parts that made many of the EPD Labs projects possible. Steve spent years working in the surplus industry and had a gift for sourcing the exact components needed — things that simply can’t be found anymore through normal channels. Eric Dollard knew Steve for years, and many of the critical items that made EPD Labs’ work in the electrical sciences a reality came directly from Steve’s expertise and connections.

Steve was born in San Francisco, California on January 20, 1945. After graduating from Galileo High School, he earned an Electronic Technician Aide degree from Heald College. He became a renowned expert and author in the field of antique telephone restoration and wiring, running his own business, VTS Industrial. Before starting his own company, he worked for the local telephone company in Salome, Arizona. He was known among collectors as a “friend of the collector,” specializing in repairing rotary dials and sourcing hard-to-find parts for vintage projects. He was a member of the Antique Telephone Collectors Association and the Telephone Collectors International.

Steve’s passion for restoration extended well beyond telephones and radios. He was equally captivated by naval and industrial history, often working aboard decommissioned warships and destroyers, salvaging precious metals as a hands-on hobby. This rare combination of meticulous detail and bold exploration reflected his lifelong curiosity and love of understanding how things were built. That same curiosity and generosity is what brought him into the world of EPD Laboratories, where his contributions were indispensable.

He married Barbara Cornell on June 7, 1969 in Hornitos, California. They remained married for nearly 57 years.

Steve was an avid reader and loved music. He and Barbara loved going to concerts and going out to dinner. He had a remarkable breadth of knowledge and could strike up a meaningful conversation with anyone. Curious by nature, he never stopped learning and enthusiastically embraced each new wave of technology, all while cherishing his love of antiques.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara Hilsz; his daughter, Lori (Hilsz) Shueman; his grandchildren, Alexander Shueman and Molly Shueman; and his sisters, Carol Crowell and Barbara Warda.

There will be no funeral service. If you’d like to share a memory of Steve, the family has set up a page through Surprise Funeral Care: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/surprise-az/steve-hilsz-12769427

Steve’s kindness and generosity touched many lives. He will be deeply missed by the entire EPD Labs and energy science community.

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Three Grounds, Only One Is Real — TCS Transmitter Bench at EPD Labs

Eric Dollard and Connor Fisher walk through the new TCS bench setup at EPD Laboratories in Tonopah, Nevada.

The Ground Problem

The site has three things that we would be tempted to refer to as ground — only one actually is.

The telluric transmission coil transmits through a large water tank buried underground. That tank measures 1 ohm against the power line neutral. Because the coil is actively transmitting through this tank; it is hot — not ground. A second tank is buried nearby to the first, but has an induced current from the first tank resulting from the telluric coil transmission; thus they are electrically coupled making the second tank hot. Also not ground.

The power company’s so called ground is also not legitimate since it is bonded to the high voltage neutral at the main panel. Due to some national dictate most transformer connections are being bypassed; connecting the customer directly to the high voltage neutral on the secondary side of the power line transformer. Driving a couple ground rods at the main panel do not in any way reconcile this issue; they are simply there as a result of misguided electrical codes, and in a sense are “just for show.”

In order to establish an actual ground for the telluric test platform radio equipment; the crew at EPD drove six ground rods spaced 10′ apart. These are all bonded, and terminate inside the lab to an aluminum bus on the back of the TCS workbench. The resistance between the water tank and this station ground measured about 3 to 5 ohms — acceptable.

The TCS Bench

The A.C power coming into the building is run through an isolation transformer in order to seperate our power supply from the high voltage neutral. Either leg of each outlet measures 60V with reference to ground, but compound with eachother to provide a standard 120V A.C connection. This floating ground arrangement is consistent with how the NAVY would typically wire their ships.

A 12-volt DC power supply with twist lock outlets runs the full bench length. We have a battery arrangement with associated charging appartus; along with a separate 12-volt DC power supply which can be run off of the above mentioned A.C system. A 24-volt D.C leg on our twist lock outlets is planned as well for other radio equipment, but is not actively implimented.

Gang Green Energy

In this demonstration, Eric puts the power company’s signal as picked up between their high voltage neutral, and our isolated ground on the oscilloscope. It looks more like a video signal than anything from a power frequency standpoint. It has a repetition rate at the power frequency, but there’s nothing about it that even remotely resembles a sine wave. Very unstable — it can be seen in previous demonstrations that this visual signal morphs and tranforms based on as of yet unkown conditions.

The waveform is more likely 180 cycles per second rather than 60 because of the three phases adding up in the neutral. The distortion is caused in part by rectifiers converting AC to DC. There is not a proper inductance on the line in order to prevent transients from appearing; nor is there implimented synchronous condensors to keep everything in phase based on the inertia of mechanical apparatus. Switching power supplies produce further glitches and RF on the line. This is what happens when you use a Y-connected power system and start hooking inappropriate equipment to the power line.

This is what plays havoc with all audio and radio equipment and permeates the entire electrical system. That’s why so much effort went into the isolated ground system.

Eric points out that every recording studio and radio station he built was wired this same way. Normally if you took the active lead on a phone plug in a guitar amplifier and touched your finger to the tip, you’d blow your speakers out. In the studios he built, all you’d hear would be the buzzing of the gang green energy off in the distance — no damage, no overpowering of the speakers.

Once the TCS system is fully lit up and everything’s hot with RF, restrictions get even tighter on keeping it all stable. This is an ongoing effort; the work of EPD Laboratories is presently reliant on the donations from people like yourself. If you are interested in seeing the continuation of our efforts; please contribute to our work!

ESTC 2026 – Meet Eric in Person

Eric Dollard will be presenting at the 13th Annual Energy Science & Technology Conference — June 24-28, 2026 in Spokane, Washington. All 55 in-person seats are sold out. Live streaming tickets are still available.

Get all the details and tickets at: emediapress.com/conference

Support EPD Laboratories Inc 501(c)(3) with donations at: ericpdollard.com/donate

Explore Eric Dollard’s Work

Check out the extensive collection of Eric’s presentations, books, and videos:

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Live Call: Eric Dollard on Earth Signal Reception, Audio Amplifiers & EPD Labs Update

Here’s a new video from a recent live call featuring Eric Dollard, Adrian Marsh PhD, Hakasays, and several callers asking questions. We covered a lot of ground in this discussion – from the live earth signal reception system now streaming at epdlabs.org to the novel audio amplifier project, the legendary “Glom Locker” full of vintage surplus parts, and some fascinating observations about what’s happening with solar activity and earth signals.

Earth Signal Reception – Now Live

One of the main topics Eric covered was the seismic streaming system that’s now live. This is the culmination of over $300,000 and 10 years of infrastructure development at the EPD Laboratories facility in Nevada.

The system uses a 4,800 ft antenna section (about 5/6 of a mile) running from pole 26 to pole 49, with transmission lines going to a shack at pole 54. That’s over a mile of wire total, with two conductors – so basically double that length when you add it all up.

What you’re hearing when you tune in are the electrical signals between the ionosphere and the interior of the earth (about 5 miles underneath your feet, as Eric explains). The pops and clicks are lightning strikes. But the really interesting part is when those strikes start to make pitches – chirps and squeaks at very high frequencies that are responses to the lightning creating standing wave situations in the earth.

Eric explained that when things start getting stressed inside the earth, those pitches drop down in frequency and sound more like “breaking beer bottles” and chirping noises. You also get frequency sweeps which are waves propagating through the magnetic field of the earth. The more coherent and musical the sounds become, the more likelihood there may be seismic activity brewing – though as Eric notes, it’s more complicated than that simple correlation.

The system intercepts the electrostatic displacement current between the ionosphere and the interior of the earth through a mutual capacitance configuration. It’s a remarkable setup.

Listen live at: epdlabs.org/seismic-streaming/

Note: you may need to set “original sound for musicians” in your audio settings because the pops and clicks can get filtered out otherwise as “interference.”

The “Glom Locker”

We also showed some footage of the famous Glom Locker – an intermodal shipping container filled with thousands of rare vacuum tubes, cases of capacitors, and all kinds of vintage surplus parts. Much of this was acquired by Steve Hills (the director of EPD Laboratories Inc) over decades in the surplus business, along with contributions from Mark McKay.

My friend Jari Karvonen spent about a week helping organize some of this during a recent trip, but we really only scratched the surface. The importance of this collection cannot be overstated – as Eric pointed out, modern components simply don’t work like the old stuff. Brand new electrolytic capacitors from top name brands had so much effective series resistance they weren’t even functioning as capacitors. The new stuff just doesn’t cut it.

When you’re building one-of-a-kind equipment like the Navy TBM transmitter setup or the earth signal amplifiers, you have to glean eBay for the last of the real components from the 50s and earlier. It’s actually cheaper in the long run, and you know it’s going to work.

The Novel Audio Amplifier Project

Eric has been developing a completely novel audio amplifier design that’s unlike anything else in the audio world. This isn’t a voltage gain amplifier like virtually everything else on the market (including all solid state amplifiers). Instead, the transformers themselves amplify – the tubes just add power.

The design extends the original Macintosh concept of equal loading in the cathode and anode with bifilar winding, taking it to multi-stage transformer configurations that are also multi-stage amplifiers. The transformers are coupled with the vacuum tubes into something like a traveling wave amplifier.

The development path goes from small triodes to 6AS7G tubes (which have high transconductance but people use them as voltage amplifiers and get nowhere), then to the Western Electric 300 type triode, and finally to the 811 and 812 power triodes for a 300 watt per channel final version.

The commercial version will be based on a Western Electric 143A theater amplifier design – we found one on eBay from Japan for $27,000, which gives you an idea of what the authentic units go for. This design uses currently available tubes like the 6SN7 and 6550.

The key innovation is focusing on eliminating intermodulation distortion rather than just harmonic distortion. As Eric explained, it’s intermodulation distortion that creates phantom signals – beat frequencies between higher frequencies that don’t actually have any real existence. That’s especially critical when amplifying earth signals where you don’t want artifacts.

Custom transformers and chokes are currently being engineered by a well-known company to go on the prototype panels I cut while I was down there. Once we have a working proof of concept, the goal is to produce a limited edition of maybe 10 rack-mount units to raise funds, then potentially set up an audio company to bring a commercial version to market.

And here’s the kicker – there won’t be a single component made in China in the whole thing. All vintage quality parts sourced from eBay.

Observations on Solar Activity and Earth Signals

One of the more sobering parts of the discussion was Eric’s observations about what’s happening with solar and earth electrical activity. Steve McGreevy and others who have monitored these signals for decades have reported that the earth just seems to be getting quieter and quieter. The solar cycles have been getting weaker and weaker, and quite possibly the next solar minimum will be the biggest dip we’ve seen since this stuff has been recorded.

Even when the earth got hit by a significant coronal mass ejection recently, nothing showed up on the antenna – normally around midnight it would go into “complete war” during such an event. So the whole sun/earth electrical system seems to be in some kind of declining phase. As Eric noted, this could be a sine wave 25,000 years in length – about one aeon. It’s happened before during things like the dark ages grand minimum.

This makes the work of capturing and recording these signals now even more important – so we have historical data for when activity eventually picks back up.

What’s Needed to Continue This Work

Eric was candid about the funding situation. About $50,000 has been used up getting to what you see here, and significant donations haven’t come in for quite a while. The next big expenses include:

  • Another NV Energy power connection at the mine: $15,000
  • Contractor to put up toll entrance cable on the right of way: $14,000
  • Labor costs for specialized workers to advance the projects

The donations are what keep the motor running – whether it’s big contributions like the $10,000 someone donated to buy the 5 miles of brand new copper wire, or smaller amounts that add up over time.

Support EPD Laboratories Inc 501(c)(3) with donations at: ericpdollard.com/donate

Every donation goes directly into furthering this work in the electrical sciences. For those who don’t have money to donate, sharing these videos and driving traffic to the websites helps us reach people who might be able to contribute.

ESTC 2026 – Meet Eric in Person

Speaking of Eric Dollard – the 13th Annual Energy Science & Technology Conference is happening June 24-28, 2026 here in Spokane, Washington. Eric is scheduled to present on “The Alexanderson Ariel & Bolinas Alexanderson Antenna” and “Gangrene Energy” (with live demo).

This is your chance to meet Eric in person, ask questions, and experience live demonstrations you won’t see anywhere else.

Only 19 in-person seats remain out of 55 total. And here’s the thing – this is the same weekend as Hoopfest (the world’s largest 3-on-3 basketball tournament), so hotels are already filling up.

Super Early Bird pricing of $347 (save $100) ends February 28th.

Other highlights include:

  • Adrian Marsh PhD presenting on “The coMra Effect” and “A Foundation for Esoteric Science”
  • Hakasays demonstrating “Tesla’s Extra Coils”
  • Justin Miller’s status report on the EPD Long Line Facility
  • Davy Oneness on gravity wave detectors and John Bedini’s B.A.S.E. processor
  • Carmen Miller presenting a 2-phase AC motor allegedly built by Tesla himself
  • 23+ presentations total with 11+ live demonstrations

Get all the details and tickets at: emediapress.com/energy-science-and-technology-conference/

Explore Eric Dollard’s Work

For those wanting to dive deeper into Eric’s work, check out the extensive collection of his presentations, books, and videos:

emediapress.com/product-category/authors-presenters/eric-dollard/

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2025-11-15 Ground Radio Transmission & Reception LIVE CALL

This call had discussion of the various projects we shared and showed videos on with all updates that happened at EPD Laboratories, Inc this summer. This is 90 minutes of a 3 hour call from a month ago. This segment focuses on ground radio reception and telluric transmission. Lots of discussion on the topic between Eric Dollard and Adrian Marsh PhD, Q & A

Donate to EPD Laboratories, Inc 501(c)3 non-profit to help support these projects: https://ericpdollard.com/donate

This is the blog with video on the Telluric Transmitter: https://emediapress.com/2025/11/10/telluric-transmitter-beacon-its-live/

This is the blog with video on the ground radio reception: https://emediapress.com/2025/10/06/2025-09-01-ground-reception-at-epd-laboratories-inc-with-eric-dollard/

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EPD Laboratories, Inc. Work Episode Summary

This video wraps up the work episode at EPD Laboratories, Inc. from Aug to Sep timeframe. This includes the ground radio receiption, telluric transmission, earth signal reception, novel audo amplifier project, glom locker cleanup and misc. A LOT was accomplished. Help us accomplish even more by supporting this work with your donations.

To support EPD Laboratories, Inc. 501(c)3 non profit with is Telluric, Earth Signal and other electrical research, please donate here: https://ericpdollard.com/donate

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Developing the Most Novel Audio Amplifier in History – Invented by Eric Dollard

Here are the beginning stages of the development of an audio amplifier invented by Eric Dollard, which is not a voltage gain amplifier. Just about every commerical amplifier is based on the early 1920s RCA patents. John Bedini developed the feed forward amp, McIntosh advanced the output transformer and a couple other innovations, but no matter what, they’re all still voltage gain amplifiers. Those are the best in their own respective category but what we’re moving into is something different altogether.

The amplifier developed by Eric has a longintudinal network and some other features that are not only not used in all the amplifiers, most audio engineers are completely unaware of some of these aspects. The main, full feature amp will be used to amplify Earth signals but there is a simplified version that will be for commercial use. Once we have a few custom items in hand, the goal is to get it wired up and tested. There might be a few tweaks needed for it to be ready for sale to the public, but the primary intent is to generate funds for EPD Laboratories, Inc. and to extend Dollard’s legacy into another area.

The commercial audio amp application of this technology has been discussed a few times on some calls, etc. but the decision was made to finally move forward with it so its the EPD Labs project that I’m the most involved with. The schematics are blurred out in the video because of the proprietary nature of the amplifier but there is enough to show where we’re going with it.

This commercial amplifier project is 100% funded by Emediapress.com – no donations are used for it’s parts, materials, etc. All donations are only used for the other projects that are being showcased in these blogs, videos, etc.

To support EPD Laboratories, Inc. 501(c)3 non profit with is Telluric, Earth Signal and other electrical research, please donate here: https://ericpdollard.com/donate

Learn more about Eric Dollard’s work here: https://emediapress.com/product-category/authors-presenters/eric-dollard/

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Telluric Transmitter Beacon – It’s LIVE

Here’s a video showing the Telluric transmitter broadcasting into the Earth at 1.999 mc. See if you can pick it up if you can. We don’t know how far the broadcast goes but in early tests, for less than 5 watts, it was received at over 120 miles or so.

This is part of the ongoing projects with EPD Laboratories, Inc. 501(c)3 non profit. Donate to support this work: https://ericpdollard.com/donate

Find Eric Dollard’s presentations related to this subject here: https://emediapress.com/product-category/authors-presenters/eric-dollard/