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01-19-2016, 10:20 PM
Cell phone and laptop battery chargers (and other modern electronic devices) can generate a lot of noise that you radio can pickup. In some instances it can be stronger that your local stations. You can use a small transistor set to find these culprits.

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ground antenna - by cowboy44 - 01-05-2016, 11:58 AM
RE: ground antenna - by Phlogiston - 01-05-2016, 02:53 PM
RE: ground antenna - by cowboy44 - 01-06-2016, 09:07 AM
RE: ground antenna - by klondike98 - 01-06-2016, 01:16 PM
RE: ground antenna - by Phlogiston - 01-06-2016, 02:32 PM
RE: ground antenna - by cowboy44 - 01-06-2016, 08:43 PM
RE: ground antenna - by cowboy44 - 01-19-2016, 08:51 PM
RE: ground antenna - by mikethedruid - 01-19-2016, 09:01 PM
RE: ground antenna - by Radioroslyn - 01-19-2016, 10:20 PM
RE: ground antenna - by cowboy44 - 01-20-2016, 05:42 PM
RE: ground antenna - by Paul Philco322 - 01-20-2016, 09:39 PM
RE: ground antenna - by Art Hoch - 02-04-2016, 12:22 PM
RE: ground antenna - by markmokris - 02-10-2016, 06:25 PM
RE: ground antenna - by AI2V - 02-16-2016, 01:22 PM



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