Help I have a radio in my tweeter


Was listening at low levels last night and heard some offputting sound coming from one speaker - kind of a light scratchy sound - put my ear to the tweeter and found a lot of static and a barely perceptible sound of voices. As I listened further it became clear that my tweeter is picking up a radio station from somewhere. I don't own a radio so it's not in my house. Something is acting like an antenna.

I have a tube preamp and when I turn it off or take it out of the system and use the pre section of my integrated SS amp in its place, the issue disappears.

So with preamp as the apparent source of the issue, one at a time I changed out all tubes for others, changed the power cord, plugged preamp it into a different circuit, changed interconnects running from pre to power - still have the problem.

Not sure of next steps - any thoughts?
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Wonder if you have a "Ham" amateur radio operator in your neighborhood? Sometime if they don't adequately shield their transmitter you can pick up the "transmissions" through your equiptment. If it is a "ham", and you can determine who it is, then "they" have to take the steps to keep their transmissions from "bleeding" into other peoples equipment (stereos, radios, TV, ect).
Itball,

In any case, if it is a "Ham operator", and you can find out who it is, go talk to the guy. Most of the time, if there is a problem, they will try to help you find a way to take care of the interference. Truth be told, most "Ham operators" are good guys (and btw, quite a few of them are into audio equipment, especially tubes).