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I can hear radio stations from my iPod

post #1 of 7
5/3/10 at 8:48pm
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When I have my iPod plugged into my Bithead and have the music on pause with the volume on the Bithead all the way up... I can hear radio stations only in my bedroom. If I walk around the bedroom, it changes the station!!!

I'm not crazy, I promise! I had my wife listed just to verify.... Its the strangest thing EVER!!
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post #2 of 7
5/3/10 at 9:15pm
It's not uncommon to pick up AM frequency channels. I don't know anything about it but I ensure you you aren't going crazy.
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post #3 of 7
5/3/10 at 9:24pm
Lets not jump to conclusions, he may still be crazy but hearing a.m. stations none the less.
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post #4 of 7
5/3/10 at 10:56pm
Anything metal can be an antenna. The electromagnetic radio waves cause the electrons to move in step in turn causing an electric signal which can be amplified. To broadcast a signal, simply do the opposite, via an varying electric signal accelerate the electrons. Accelerating electrons give off electromagnetism.
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post #5 of 7
5/3/10 at 11:29pm
Do not worry, we believe you. It is normal to hear frequency of a radio from anything that has electromagnetic features like Ipod. It happens at times. I also experienced hearing a radio frequency from a speaker. We were shocked because we are just trying to connect the speaker to my friend's laptop. At first, the speaker just produced a hiss sound so, another friend of ours, try to relocate the wiring and plug-ins at the back of the speaker. And then, we heard the radio frequency. The signal had been acknowledged by the speaker.
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post #6 of 7
5/4/10 at 2:56pm
Certainly not crazy. 30 years ago we had a pair of electrostatic speakers installed in an apartment we were renting. The landlord's mother lived upstairs and was a CB radio fanatic. Ooh, she had some choice things to say about my now ex-wife!

- Ed
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post #7 of 7
5/4/10 at 4:37pm
I used to get this a lot when I had my ipod connected to my car stereo (via my tapedeck and one of those little tapes with a wire hanging out, oh yeah, my car is an '03) and drove past one particular radio tower. Whatever I would be listening too would be completely overshadowed by whatever the local r&b station was playing.
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