What is radio static? Why isn’t there just silence in the absence of a broadcasting signal?

1.26K views

What is radio static? Why isn’t there just silence in the absence of a broadcasting signal?

In: Physics

6 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

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)

You are viewing 1 out of 6 answers, click here to view all answers.