Weird stuff man

[Rainier]

hooked up my electric guitar into my wah and distortion pedals, turned on the amp and the distortion, started jamming, turned on the wah and all of the sudden I was hearing a local AM radio station through my amp. The freq. for the station was 1300. I messed with the knobs on the guitar, did nothing. Turned the volume knob on the guitar to 0, still getting the station. Turned off my distortion, still getting the station. Started rocking the wah pedal back and forth, started to changed the sound of the station. Turned the wah off, no station. Turned it back on. The radio station was there.

This is weird.

I always wanted to make a home made radio... I guess I finally kind of did it.

[Ronin]

hooked up my electric guitar into my wah and distortion pedals, turned on the amp and the distortion, started jamming, turned on the wah and all of the sudden I was hearing a local AM radio station through my amp. The freq. for the station was 1300. I messed with the knobs on the guitar, did nothing. Turned the volume knob on the guitar to 0, still getting the station. Turned off my distortion, still getting the station. Started rocking the wah pedal back and forth, started to changed the sound of the station. Turned the wah off, no station. Turned it back on. The radio station was there.

This is weird.

I always wanted to make a home made radio... I guess I finally kind of did it.

You are probably picking up RF through the power supply or PS cable for your wah pedal.  You might try putting a ferrite core on the power cable right next to the power plug.

I had to do that with some powered speakers for my PC a few years ago.  It can be really annoying.  Especially when it's a RAP station or worse a Ranchero station.

[Rainier]

You are probably picking up RF through the power supply or PS cable for your wah pedal.  You might try putting a ferrite core on the power cable right next to the power plug.

I had to do that with some powered speakers for my PC a few years ago.  It can be really annoying.  Especially when it's a RAP station or worse a Ranchero station.

More simply, I need a new wah petal. It's seen its share of abuse as it is. Doesn't wah too well... just picks up talk radio when rocked to the right position.

[Aramis]

That could be like... some kind of new guitar effect. Yah know- like Eddit Van Halen using the power drill in Poundcake. You could be rich!




.....or not.

[farmboy]

You are probably picking up RF through the power supply or PS cable for your wah pedal.  You might try putting a ferrite core on the power cable right next to the power plug.

I had to do that with some powered speakers for my PC a few years ago.  It can be really annoying.  Especially when it's a RAP station or worse a Ranchero station.

That happened on my old pc speakers, too.  But I got an even worse station genre: French-Canadian Talk Radio!!!! (I'm not kidding, either)

[Rainier]

That happened on my old pc speakers, too.  But I got an even worse station genre: French-Canadian Talk Radio!!!! (I'm not kidding, either)

Oh that's bad.

[Headshot]

My current PC speakers do this.  It goes in and out.  I get it all though.  I've had stations that have given me rap, country, metal... I've had talk shows at some points.  On many occasions, i've got a religion station.  I had never heard one before.

The only thing for mine, is it comes and goes fast.  It lasts for about 30 seconds, sometimes very faint, sometimes within an easy earshot from the chair next to the computer desk thats about 2 feet away.  

But, i've never been privilaged enough to hear a french-canadian talk radio.   I don't live that far north in Minnesota.