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In article <162900001@uiucdcsb> wsmith@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
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>Why do FM radio's get better and then worse reception as you walk
>around in the room where they are located?

Basically because FM is normally transmitted at VHF (~ 100 Mhz).
So, your body is a significant fraction of the wavelength (~ 3 meters).
Moving a conducting body around in a room, where you already have a
compilcated standing wave pattern (due to reflections of the radio signal
from walls etc) will disturb the standing wave patterns - hnce the signal
received by your radio.

Philip