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Re:Spotify podcasters are making $18k a month with nothing b... by throwaway15908 on Sunday June 05, 2022 @09:03AM (#31630620)
Are you sure, there is no signal in background radiation? Someone should check.
Re:Spotify podcasters are making $18k a month with nothing b... by digitalsankhara on Sunday June 05, 2022 @11:18AM (#31631744)
Sure, it's possible but there are plenty of gaps where its random noise - but even a very very weak signal would be swamped with noise if the radio is in FM mode.

Pure radio static is the sound of the universe! Very frequency dependent - the higher up in frequency (or shorter the wavelength) the more of it is cosmic in nature - point a microwave radio dish towards/away from the sun and hear the difference, or even down towards the ground to hear the sky/earth noise. [1]

I personally find a clear spot between military submarine stations in the low frequency 10-60 KHz range quite relaxing to listen to as it's a mix of random noise and thunder static.

Go VLF or ELF for earth sounds;

https://theinspireproject.org/default.asp?contentID=17

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_noise