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Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:35 pm

I thought I read somewhere that all electronic siren speaker produce sine waves enev if square wave are thrown at it. Something about a diaphram only being able to reproduce sine wave output.

I'm almost sure that most sirens are sinewave output and mechanical are sawtooth.
Q2B or not 2B that is the question.

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Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:44 am

Mad, I'll have to think about what you have said.
I don't wanto hurt myself, so I'll consider it later.

Q, yes I suppose a square wave going in comes out rounded off
because the diaphragm and coil have mass and thereforenertia
which ameliorates (uh-oh, I think I just hurt myself) the sound.

Presumably both vehicle and outdoor systems would wanthe most "bang for the buck", so they would use squarewaves to produce the
loudest volume levels withe least amplificationecessary.

A siren speaker driven by a sine wave would not sound as loud as a square wave.

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Sun Oct 15, 2006 6:21 am

Why in the hell are you combining words that end and start with the same letter? It doesn't look cool or give you an edge. It "looksimply" ridiculous and is hard to read.

No wonder I've been avoiding the board the past week.
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Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:20 am

Sorry.

Your example looks nice!

Saves electrons?

I don't know how to type and it's faster.
Also makes English words look German and I'm taunting my German friend.

Also, several have said they think it looks neat and is fun to read.

Coincidentally, NPR has something similar as a constest this week!
"Form a sentence using words which share two letters."

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Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:54 pm

robert gift wrote:Mad, I'll have to think about what you have said.
I don't wanto hurt myself, so I'll consider it later.

Q, yes I suppose a square wave going in comes out rounded off
because the diaphragm and coil have mass and thereforenertia
which ameliorates (uh-oh, I think I just hurt myself) the sound.

Presumably both vehicle and outdoor systems would wanthe most "bang for the buck", so they would use squarewaves to produce the
loudest volume levels withe least amplificationecessary.

A siren speaker driven by a sine wave would not sound as loud as a square wave.


:? You sure use some perty words!
Q2B or not 2B that is the question.

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Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:58 pm

robert gift wrote:Sorry.

Your example looks nice!

Saves electrons?

I don't know how to type and it's faster.
Also makes English words look German and I'm taunting my German friend.

Also, several have said they think it looks neat and is fun to read.

Coincidentally, NPR has something similar as a constest this week!
"Form a sentence using words which share two letters."
So you heard something on the radio, and that means it's a good idea. No one takes you seriously, and they won't until your posts are readable.

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Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:07 am

Why would anyone take me seriously?
I don't know enough to be an authority.

These are all merely my opinions, with somexperience and theory
in a few areas.

I missed the National Public Radio (NPR) contest, but a friend reported it was funny.
Like: A Man A Plan A Canal Panama. -reads the same backwards.

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