Radio affected by plasma lamp?

Question

me and another person were listening to two separate radios in adjacent rooms. I had a plasma light (sphere shapped novetly lamp) in my room. When I turned the lamp on, the radio in the other persons room became very staticy- but not the radio in the room containing the lamp. When the lamp was brought into the other room, the radio in my room had the same static noise. Do you have any explanation for this?

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Answer 1

"The radio frequency field produced by plasma lamps can interfere with the operation of touchpads used on laptop computers, digital audio players, and other similar devices."

I hope that helps.

Answer 2

as you know radio comes from electromanetic-spectrum waves in the air. and basically, any electric fields such as those in your magnet will cause magnetic fields which disrupt radio waves. that causes static.