The following article is a condensed preview of the 30+ page booklet that was included as part of my Modern-Day Spiricom package. I developed this package as an experimental system that was introduced to the public on e-Bay in the Spring of 2008. Several prototype units have been sold and I've received many favorable reports of EVP recordings obtained with the system. Since that time, I've made a few additions and modifications to the system, all of which will be presented to the public soon.

I’ve included a few updates below, meanwhile if you have any questions about the Modern-Day Spiricom, please contact me. Thanks!

Introduction:
 

In the early 1970's, a retired inventor and entrepreneur named George W. Meek embarked on his quest to develop a technology-based approach for communicating with spirits of the dead. Just a few years earlier, the discovery of EVP had sparked world-wide interest in trying to communicate with unseen spirits by electronic means, but George Meek wanted something more advanced and less subject to controversy than the rudimentary tape recording methods in use by other EVP experimenters. He hoped to devise a system that would consistently allow clear two-way communication between earth-bound individuals and the spirit world.

Meek and several like-minded colleagues formed a research group called The Metascience Foundation. In the early stages of their trans-dimensional engineering work, the group was guided by communications received through trance channeling sessions with psychic mediums in Philadelphia. During the Philadelphia séances, contact was reportedly made with several deceased but still very communicative scientists. One such contact was with the spirit of Dr. W.F.G. Swann. Swann was once a popular science lecturer and a leader in cosmic ray research who had lived (and died) in Philadelphia. His discarnate spirit was said to have provided Meek's group with the theoretical background and a technical foundation upon which to commence construction of a new type of spirit communication device. The Spiricom, as it soon came to be called, was born.

Dr. W.F.G. Swann, at left.

Many people throughout the world have expressed their interest in trying to duplicate the results that Meek et al. claimed for the Spiricom. It is a natural desire for us, as humans, to wish to reconnect with our departed loved ones and ancestors. Moreover, one might think it should be regarded as a very legitimate responsibility for scientists to try and test the claims that were made by the Spiricom researchers. However, mainstream science has shown little or no interest in trying to replicate the amazing results reported by the Metascience pioneers. As for the multitude of would-be independent researchers, most find themselves feeling rather intimidated at the prospect of building a Spiricom for their own personal experimentation.

Dr. George J. Mueller

You Can Build Your Own Spiricom:

One reason for the lack of more Spiricom-style experimentation is the wide-spread belief that the Spiricom was a very unique, extremely elaborate, and prohibitively expensive device. Most people seem to think that the Spiricom system would need to be reconstructed in exact accordance with the original design in order to achieve successful results. However, in my own very carefully considered opinion, these notions are completely erroneous!

As mentioned in the introductory paragraphs above, the name "Spiricom" was used as a generic term,
George Meek and friends never intended that the word should refer exclusively to one specific device.

Spiricom was and still is an evolving concept ! 

Although the details and components varied with each version of the Spiricom, the working theory always remained constant. In essence, this theory prescribed that a set of audio frequency tones was to be mixed with the output signal from a radio frequency transmitter and that any cooperative spirits would be able to "modulate" these transmitted fixed frequency tones so as to produce recognizable vocal effects. These "spirit voices" could then be detected by a conventional radio receiver, listened to in real time, and simultaneously recorded. This operational model is actually quite similar to the standard processes employed by normal radio broadcasting, except that with Spiricom, the voice component of the signal is not injected in advance of  the transmission stage, it is expected to be added by the "electromagnetic-etheric" spirit energy at some point in between the transmission and reception stages.

Let's take a look at what Meek termed the "Functional Block Diagram" to illustrate this theoretical process:

(This graphic was adapted directly from Meek's hand-drawn sketch on page 32 of The Spiricom Technical Manual, 1982.)

As you can see, the Spiricom consisted of exactly five functional components:

1) An AF Tone Generator  2) An RF Transmitter  3) A Receiver  4) A Microphone  5) A Recording Device

Chances are pretty good that most people reading this article already have items number 3-5 close at hand. The radio receiver is a common household item, while the microphone and tape recorder (or other suitable recording device) are standard equipment for anyone seriously interested in EVP and ITC research. Even if you don't have all of these items, they are widely available and can be obtained at relatively little expense. Naturally, the components you choose should be of "good or better" quality, but you should feel free to start with what you already own and then to experiment with different components and processes over time.

As for item number 1, the Audio Frequency Tone generator, this was one part of the system that presented Meek and his associates with their most challenging engineering obstacle. Crucial for supplying the 13 specific background tones as suggested by the spirit of Dr. Mueller, Metascience's so-called "Multi-Tone Generator" had to be painstakingly designed and custom built. It was still the 1970's and early '80's after all,
and most of the engineering types involved were experienced mostly with vacuum tube
technology.

Well, guess what: It's another century now and you already have an excellent Multi-Tone Generator sitting right in front of you. Yep, your computer, when equipped with the appropriate audio software, is very capable of supplying the correct mix of audio frequency tones to enable you to make your own Spiricom. In fact, your computer can do the job with more precision, better control and far greater versatility than the 1970's/80's era Spiricom builders would have ever dreamed.

Alright then, you're off to a great start and need only one more component to complete your own working Spiricom: The radio frequency transmitter. Here again, you have a great advantage over George Meek and his team by having begun your quest to build a Spiricom some 30+ years after they did.

In the 1970's, if you were in the market for a bench-top radio frequency transmitter, you went shopping for something that weighed about 100 pounds, cost upwards of several hundred dollars (that's several hundred 1970's dollars!) and contained a Christmas tree's worth of miniature light bulb looking things called vacuum tubes. Today, thanks to the amazing advances in electronics technology, a simple radio frequency transmitter can be obtained for well under a hundred dollars, and such devices weigh in at just a few ounces. Hence they are extremely portable and well-suited to on-site investigations. (That's another big advantage the Modern-Day Spiricom holds over the unwieldy original version!)

True, a good radio frequency transmitter isn't something you can pick up at your local Wal-Mart, or even at Radio Shack, but now, thanks to the internet, you're just a few mouse clicks away from having one sent right to your mailbox. Please read on . . .

Bill O'Neil at his Mark IV Spiricom:

HP-608 RF Transmitter is at left, the
Multi-Tone Generator (center top), Tape Deck, and Hammarlund 600 Receiver are stacked in front of O'Neil.