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    From Brian Gaff@brian1gaff@gmail.com to uk.rec.audio on Tue Jan 10 13:44:44 2023
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.audio

    I just bought a very cheap usb stick player and fm am radio. The stick
    player and radios fm which is stereo seem very good, but the am picks up this ticking noise. It appears to be coming from the innards of the device making most medium wave stations unmistakable. Having asked about it seems this a known issue. Its the ram stick polling pulses that detects if the
    stick is in and switches mode. You can prove this as I did using a manual
    mode switch with the stick in, then the tick turns to a whining noise
    instead.
    Fo just over 18 quid though, would you expect more?


    Brian
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  • From Andrew@Andrew97d-junk@mybtinternet.com to uk.rec.audio on Tue Jan 10 18:32:39 2023
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.audio

    The mouse ran up the click ...

    What is it and where did you buy it ?


    Andrew

    On 10/01/2023 13:44, Brian Gaff wrote:
    I just bought a very cheap usb stick player and fm am radio. The stick
    player and radios fm which is stereo seem very good, but the am picks up this ticking noise. It appears to be coming from the innards of the device making most medium wave stations unmistakable. Having asked about it seems this a known issue. Its the ram stick polling pulses that detects if the stick is in and switches mode. You can prove this as I did using a manual mode switch with the stick in, then the tick turns to a whining noise instead.
    Fo just over 18 quid though, would you expect more?


    Brian


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  • From Brian Gaff@brian1gaff@gmail.com to uk.rec.audio on Wed Jan 11 11:03:46 2023
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.audio

    Prunus 258, Amazon.
    Brian
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    "Andrew" <Andrew97d-junk@mybtinternet.com> wrote in message news:tpkb07$1tm7$1@gioia.aioe.org...
    The mouse ran up the click ...

    What is it and where did you buy it ?


    Andrew

    On 10/01/2023 13:44, Brian Gaff wrote:
    I just bought a very cheap usb stick player and fm am radio. The stick
    player and radios fm which is stereo seem very good, but the am picks
    up
    this ticking noise. It appears to be coming from the innards of the
    device
    making most medium wave stations unmistakable. Having asked about it
    seems
    this a known issue. Its the ram stick polling pulses that detects if the
    stick is in and switches mode. You can prove this as I did using a manual
    mode switch with the stick in, then the tick turns to a whining noise
    instead.
    Fo just over 18 quid though, would you expect more?


    Brian




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