So today my Dual Rec started picking up radio stations. WTF!

[madryan]

I was playing in my garage and it started picking up this station when I would turn down the guitar volume. The amp is new to me but used and I can take it back to GC if it has issues. Anyone know what's up?

 

[Zipperneck]

Do you use effects pedals? When I was younger, I had a Grunge distortion that picked up radio stations. I thought for the longest time that it was my amp until I had to borrow someone else's.

 

[Elpelotero]

This is normal with guitar amps. My C+ picks up stations as well.

 

[visualrocker69]

So is what can be done? Any radio isolation tricks?

 

[Charlie]

Wrap it in tin foil!

:lol:

Just kidding... all though that might actually work.

 

[Get Down And Boogie]

Check the cord

I used to have cheap cords and often I would get radio through my amp. It would change depending on where I was standing in the room or how I was holding the cord. Sort of like you see on old TV shows where the guy has to hold the antena just right for the TV to work. Anyway, I got a bit older and could afford better cords the problem went away.

I'm pretty sure that it was the cord. It's worth checking anyway.

 

[Russ]

Wrap it in tin foil!

:lol:

Just kidding... all though that might actually work.

Or become a large antenna... :lol:

 

[Brewski]

You could have a tube going microphonic or the insulation on your cord may have gotten damaged. It happened to me on my F-50 and it also happened on a direct input that we rigged up once. Of course, the channel that I was picking up sucked! :lol:

 

[Russ]

Was it hispanic?

 

[pjrake]

what worked for me was to plug everything into a power conditioner. i was having the same problem with my compressor pedal but after i started plugging into the furman power strip it went away.

 

[stompboxfreak72]

Using a Wah pedal will cause radio interference as well. My DR picks up radio as well but only when I use it on the top floor of my house. Any place else I never have a problem. If it would pick up Sirius radio so I could listen to Howard Stern while playing I would consider it an option that Mesa should add to all amps.....

 

[domct203]

what worked for me was to plug everything into a power conditioner. i was having the same problem with my compressor pedal but after i started plugging into the furman power strip it went away.

+1. Get a quality one and make sure it filters RFI & EMI. Some cheap units are nothing more than a power strip in a rack-mount chassis.

Personally I like the Furman products as well, I'm using the PL8-II.

Dom

 

[Kung-Fool]

How's the reception? :lol:

 

[Brewski]

Was it hispanic?

It was in Spanish, if that's what you mean.

 

[RR]

So is what can be done? Any radio isolation tricks?

I know, this is getting old for you older members but this is how I would eliminate radio frequency:

 

[jtb226]

anyone know anything about the alesis power conditioners? there is one on musicians friend for $99 that looks pretty nice. got pretty good reviews too.

 

[nemesys]

A power conditioner is a good idea for other reasons, but if you want to fix this for cheap, you can put a ferrite bead on your power cord. A friend's Mark IV used to pick up shortwave radio, and this fixed it.

 

[stadidas]

Often it gets picked up in the guitar cable. If my cable is coiled up it picks the radio up even more.
The last time it happened I was picking up long-wave christian radio and they were talking about Satan, which I thought was cool as I was playing Slipknot at the time.

 

[oyster]

Lol!
Maybe you (and everyone else for that matter IMHO) should stop playing slipknot! Consider it a sign!
:lol:

 

[Russ]

:lol: