ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agoWhat produced the old dead channel tv static audiovisuals on tvs?upload.wikimedia.orgimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1165arrow-down1imageWhat produced the old dead channel tv static audiovisuals on tvs?upload.wikimedia.orgALostInquirer@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agomessage-square62fedilinkfile-text
Media alt text: 3D render of old tv set with animated static on its screen, as if tuned to a dead channel.
minus-squarealgorithmae@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 months agoYeah, 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
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoYour mom (or dad) using an electric knife to cut a turkey on thanksgiving would do the same. It was wild.
minus-squarelemmy689@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoAM 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.
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
Your mom (or dad) using an electric knife to cut a turkey on thanksgiving would do the same. It was wild.
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.