What is radio static? Why isn’t there just silence in the absence of a broadcasting signal?
In: Physics
it is the noise of electrons moving around inside of the components in the radio.
It’s called johnson nyquist noise, and can be read about here: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson%E2%80%93Nyquist_noise](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson%E2%80%93Nyquist_noise)
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