but when you move away from the radio, it starts crackling again - anyone know a scientific reason?
2006-07-06 22:06:00 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
It's a body capacitance thang.
http://www.physicsforums.com/archive/index.php/t-85476.html
It's really annoying, isn't it? Makes it hard to find a good position for the antenna. Try moving the antenna with a piece of string tied to it.
Handy for playing the theremin,, though!
2006-07-06 22:35:53 · answer #1 · answered by Luis 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The easy reason is because you are being used by the radio as an extension of the aerial. This is possibly because radio signals are a fom of energy and the human body is a good conductor of energy
2006-07-07 05:10:37 · answer #2 · answered by jackocomp 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh I dont know the scientific reason, but I guess its kinda using your body as an extension to the aerial, making it bigger/stronger. Then when you move away its on its own again?
2006-07-07 05:09:21 · answer #3 · answered by OriginalBubble 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your body is 70% water. Water acts as a conductor for electromagnetic waves, so if you hold the aerial, your body becomes part of the aerial, enabling it to pick up stronger signals.
2006-07-07 05:11:22 · answer #4 · answered by genghis41f 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we have electricity in our bodies, that's also why when you rub your head (with lots of hair) for a few seconds and than touch something metal you get shocked just like if you would've touch an electric outlet....or when you run barefoot on your carpet and than touch either something metal or another person.....that's also why if you get strike by a lightening and you're barefoot the lightening will just pass thru you and it won't hurt you because you become part of it.
2006-07-07 19:42:08 · answer #5 · answered by lf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because our body is sort of an amplifier to the antenna. it magnifies the signal, meaning, we are bombarded with all sort of radio signals in the atmosphere.
2006-07-07 09:17:55 · answer #6 · answered by tongsoy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
human body is prone to conduct radio waves, electricity and radiation.
2006-07-07 05:09:36 · answer #7 · answered by angel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am no expert but I think it's because human body has static electricity.
2006-07-07 05:28:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
exactly the same as the top answer, aswell as this your body is so electrically charged
2006-07-07 05:12:23 · answer #9 · answered by andylegendoneill 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are an antenna.
Sorry that it isn't more scientific than that.
2006-07-07 05:09:16 · answer #10 · answered by energeticthinker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋