Speakers picking up radio?

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  1. Deke

    Deke Active Member

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    So I've noticed this on and off all school year. I have a yamaha keyboard in my bedroom with built in speakers, and whenever I play a note, I can faintly hear a radio signal. Now I've started noticing the same thing in my computer speakers. Is this even possible? Haha, it just seems kind of weird to me.
     
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    lol never heard of this before
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  3. Sparta

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    haha, ever seen white noise? or frequency? I think you've got some paranormal shit going on dude
     
  4. Deke

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    Lol, the other side is trying to contact me.
     
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    MY computer speaker do it sometimes use to be real bad when I lived in Panama City. Never found out the cause for it just turned them off when I wasn't using them. On a good note they played one of the good stations.
     
  6. RamblinWRX

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    Ya, your unshielded speaker wires act as a dipole antenna and pick up radio interference. Have you ever heard anything weird out of your computer speakers when you're about to get a phone call? that's the carrier signal, kinda neat.
     
  7. Deke

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    Yeah I used to get that all the time at my last place.
     
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    the speakers on my computer pick up a hispanic station . I thought I was going insane from watching too much soccer on univision.
     
  9. FACE

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    I get it all the time on the road in certain places
     
  10. mattprzy

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    On our home theater at the rear sub woofer, if everything is turned off except for the speakers you can hear the truckers talking through the CV radios. We live a mile from i-85.
     
  11. Alex

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    Mine used to pick up cell phones conversations :)
     

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