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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:45 PM
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Is it possible that a human body can jam an FM radio station's signal?
Because I swear I have that ability. There is only one decent station in the local area and for some reason I render any radio I'm around from receiving it's signal. Well... not completely, but I definitely shorten the distance it can be received by 20 miles.

Is this possible?
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:52 PM
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1. Have you been abducted by greys?
I hear they leave stuff in your body so they can know where you are at all times so they can 'check up' on you.
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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:57 PM
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2. only if
Edited on Sat Jan-23-10 10:59 PM by AsahinaKimi
A naked wet person accidently falls onto the transmitter circuits...phzzzzzzzzt!
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MiddleFingerMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 11:39 PM
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5. That was SO HOT when it happened to me!!!
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But everything since has paled in comparison.
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O-h-h-h-h-h-h-m-m-m-m-m-m, transmitter circuits.......
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Why haven't you ever called like you said you would
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 11:14 PM
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3. You need to get yourself a "hot suit" then:
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 11:16 PM
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4. I don't know about FM signals but
one of my neighbors has a super-duper treadmill. Whenever she turns it on to work out, the signal of the -ham radio guy next to her gets knocked out. He wants her to stop using the treadmill --she told him to shield his room.
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8 track mind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-24-10 12:54 AM
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6. the treadmill
uses a DC motor with brushes. Those motors emit sparks which can make an HF receiver go nuts. Some of the earliest transmitters were nothing more than spark emitters, which could be heard on anything.

As a ham myself i can understand his frustration. Shielding his room isn't going to help.
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Lionel Mandrake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-24-10 02:19 AM
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7. It's possible if the antenna is part of the radio or is near the radio.
If you get near the antenna, that can affect reception. You become an element of the antenna and thereby change the antenna pattern.
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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-24-10 02:56 AM
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8. It doesn't matter.
If I am in a car that usually gets this station, it doesn't anymore. If I at a persons house, well within broadcasting range, they won't be able to get the station.

It's like my aura blurs out the signal or something.
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-24-10 03:01 AM
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9. Is this you?
It would explain the static
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