why does my radio signal get better when I'm touching the antenna?
2006-09-14 01:54:18 · 12 answers · asked by shotgunsherriffs 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
When you touch the antenna, the signal received by your body is also passed on to the antenna, hence the RF signal strength increases. Hence, the radio signal also gets better.
If you have similar question, mail me.
Good Luck
Ravi
2006-09-14 02:47:06 · answer #1 · answered by sravi_iyer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your body is a better antenna than the actual antenna!
2006-09-14 09:02:28 · answer #2 · answered by Sue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because when you are touching the antenna you essentially make it a much larger antenna.
2006-09-14 08:57:04 · answer #3 · answered by Iknowthisone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because you are an extension of the antenna so the signal has a larger reciever area to hit
2006-09-14 08:56:47 · answer #4 · answered by Pink Princess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your body acts like a big filter capacitor and gets rid of all the noise so the radio gets a cleaner signal.
2006-09-14 08:57:06 · answer #5 · answered by vmmhg 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your body is becoming part of the antenna.
2006-09-14 08:55:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cause you've got sweaty fingers and your body is resonating like an antenna.
2006-09-14 09:02:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually your body acts as an antenna when you touch it.
2006-09-14 09:05:19 · answer #8 · answered by roshan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Radio guy?
2006-09-14 08:56:35 · answer #9 · answered by Andromeda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
body capacitance..there are many experiment done regarding this issue.
you will find too much info from student projects to paper publications.
2006-09-14 09:07:11 · answer #10 · answered by Emmanuel P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋