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Subject: Re: Biting the bullet
From: hatunen@bolt.sonic.net (David Hatunen)
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 16:50:55 GMT

In article <W4pA5.92$UA3.3306@eagle.america.net>, katie <shylight@pgtc.net> wrote:
>I don't know if it's been hashed out here but anyone have any info
>on radio reception?

Any non-linear electrical circuit can demodulate AM radio signals. Slightly corroded metal fillings, or even an electrolytic connection can do the job (it makes what amounts to an old-fahioned crystal set). It is *possible* to have your tooth fillings function as a crystal set, but I would think that you would have to be pretty close to the broadcasting tower to be able to hear the demodulated signal, which would have to be of sufficient strength to cause something in the mouth to vibrate at audio frequencies. Nevertheless there have been reports of this phenomenon practically from the inception of radio broadcasting.

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