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My PC has started picking up LW at night

  • 16-03-2010 1:13am
    #1
    .Moosejam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 38 ✭


    I play a wind and rain track at night to help me sleep but over the last couple of days my PC has started picking up LW radio, I couldnt believe it at first and spent ages looking for a portable that had accidently been knocked on but there was none - it's my pc, it not crystal clear but you can hear fuzzy voices talking - usually about soccer,

    Is there anything I can do about this its a bit of a pain. It's definatley not any SW running on the sly its just the pc acting like a radio.


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  • #2
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,088 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    .Moosejam wrote: »
    I play a wind and rain track at night to help me sleep but over the last couple of days my PC has started picking up LW radio, I couldnt believe it at first and spent ages looking for a portable that had accidently been knocked on but there was none - it's my pc, it not crystal clear but you can hear fuzzy voices talking - usually about soccer,

    Is there anything I can do about this its a bit of a pain. It's definatley not any SW running on the sly its just the pc acting like a radio.

    It is probably the PC speaker themselves that are picking up the signal through the wires acting like an antenna pretty much a crystal radio for all the world, do you live near any large transmitters?

    Not really much you can do AFAIK, bar moving the speakers / coiling up the cables to see if that helps.

    If still no good maybe these might help.

    http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=29788&C=39883&U=comp_int_textlnk

    May or may not work well I have never needed anything like that on PC speakers myself


  • #3
    .Moosejam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 38 ✭.Moosejam


    thx ill try moving them about and if no use ill pick a couple of those up, can't go wrong for 1.99 :)


  • #4
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    I've heard of this before.
    A church in England had police radio coming over its speakers in mass when turned on for the congregation.
    (There was a news report about it in the media)

    In the meanwhile, have a look at this these:
    http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/forums/index.cfm?action=showthread&threadid=227186&forumid=1
    http://www.alectrosystems.com/tips/audio_tips/audio_tip_RFI.htm

    There might be a solution there amid the ideas proposed.


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