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5. Re: Initial SASS test shows bands of harmonics

Subject: 5. Re: Initial SASS test shows bands of harmonics
From: "Luis do Carmo" lecarmo
Date: Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:54 pm ((PDT))
Thanks, Scott. I always appreciate to learn -- and I did! --, but I'm a los=
t case on that particular matter, as I believe one should deepens in a subj=
ect to really know it and I'm sure I'll be always shallow whenever it comes=
 to electronics.

>From that standpoint I should say that my knowledge on electronics or physi=
cs is close to nothing. I haven't heard any particularly disturbing noise i=
n that specific recording and thought it was fine for its content. I haven'=
t even taken a look at the sonogram as I'm certain that I wasn't going to b=
e able to analyze it through a specialist's point of view. I added a differ=
ent variable to the discussion(obviously off the wall -- now I know), as I =
believe sometimes answers come from a non-specialist's naive perspective.

Luis



From: Scott Fraser <>
To: 
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 11:37 AM
Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: Initial SASS test shows bands of harmonics


=C2=A0
<<The M10 has a speaker and so a magnet in its body. Even if the speaker is=
 not in use, the magnet produces a magnetic field of its own.>>

Yes, but a magnet does not produce an alternating current of whatever frequ=
ency showed up in the analysis. The field surrounding a magnet is static, l=
ike DC, i.e. has no AC frequency component at all.

SF












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