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3D render of old tv set with animated static on its screen, as if tuned to a dead channel.

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    Afaik the antenna is picking up the background waves/radiation and the TV is displaying that background waves/radiation. If you disconnect the antenna, the TV will have no signal to display, it’ll be as blank as it can get.

    • linearchaos@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Nah, the antenna is tuned to pick up vhf/uhf, but the wire / traces and even the legs of the amplifier are sufficient to pick up cmb