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Tech question: I have earphones plugged into my laptop, and am receiving radio signals... I am able to identify which station it is, so that's not the

Posted by Facto (aka FactoFail) Mar 17 '11, 19:59

mystery. The mysteries are:

1) how the heck is this happening??
2) is there anywhere on the computer where I can see anything about this function?

Sits back and waits for a deluge of snark

Responses:

This is not unusual. It usually means that either the earphones or your soundcard has piss-poor shielding. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Mar 17, 20:18 1
- Earphones are Koss PortaPro. Don't think I ever heard something like this through them, except now , when connected to the laptop. - Facto Mar 17, 20:21
Well, that's unusual. -- nm - Mop Mar 17, 20:13
you phonecables are acting as an atenna the earplucks as a loundspeaker - Danedukenuuk Mar 17, 20:01 6
- It's a station that shouldn't be there at all... I suspected it came via a website I had opened, at first, but I've closed all tabs that could possibl - Facto Mar 17, 20:06 5
  - Is Dennis Quaid on the other end? -- nm - Dano Mar 17, 20:26
  - well since people get radio station in the fillings :) - Danedukenuuk Mar 17, 20:09 3
    - Back when the local AM station broadcast at 500,000 watts people could hear the station on their rain gutters. - Ender Mar 17, 20:21 1
      - the annoying thing was that it was just Edison reading the alphabet. -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 20:26
    - The voices in my head seem to be more updated about the situation in Libya than I am, then... -- nm - Facto Mar 17, 20:15

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