# Help Me Before I Destroy My Radio

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-before-i-destroy-my-radio/20319>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 23, 2000, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-before-i-destroy-my-radio/20319 "2000-05-23T20:28:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![theuglytruth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@theuglytruth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theuglytruth)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2000, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-before-i-destroy-my-radio/20319/1 "2000-05-23T20:28:48Z")

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Here I am, happily surfing the web, listening to my favorite AM radio station, when suddenly- I get the DEATH RAY. See, I live on a second floor apartment on the same level as a lot of electrical wires. My guess is that during sudden power surges, my AM signal gets kicked out and I just get staic on my radio. Other times the signal is great.

Is there anything I can do with the radio to get the signal back? Or do I need to go to plan A: threaten to shoot everyone in my town if they do not turn off all their electrical appliances immediately.

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**Author:** ![HorseloverFat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@HorseloverFat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorseloverFat)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-before-i-destroy-my-radio/20319/2 "2000-05-24T14:49:42Z")

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Buy a cheap AM antennae and run it outside your building or tape it to a window.