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3D render of old tv set with animated static on its screen, as if tuned to a dead channel.

  • algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org
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    7 months ago

    Yeah, the same way a radio tuned to a station could be static until you plug in an antenna.

    You could also get hums and interference from other sufficiently strong EMF sources, like how AM radios can pick up the sound of transmission lines

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      7 months ago

      Your mom (or dad) using an electric knife to cut a turkey on thanksgiving would do the same. It was wild.

    • lemmy689@lemmy.sdf.org
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      7 months ago

      AM car radio can pick up the waves from your cars electrical alternator as well, which can cause the static to rise and fall in pitch as you speed up and slow down.