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This must be why so many people in the Electrical Industry are also musicians .

That's a great idea for demonstrating Harmonics, Mike!

Scott35

I'm a skydiver. Can I use that to explain drop outs? Thinkin' back to the first one, I almost had to wash the brown out.
Joe

Joe, why don't blind people skydive?

Because it scares the heck out of the dog.

How does a blind skydiver know when to flare?
The leash goes limp.

Now for the truth. I actually have loaned my rig to a blind skydiver friend many years ago. He had over sixty jumps the last I had heard. I remember how nervous and excited I was about a night 4-way RW dive. Dan wasn't impressed. I also remember him telling of a painful jump he did in SW Pa. where his radio failed and he never flared and landed in full glide. Crash & burn. He said he heard crickets just before he hit. His lesson learned: If you hear crickets, FLARE!!!
Joe

Next time have people email the answer.
I knew that one right away

How do you make a cat go "woof!"?

Pour gas on it and throw a match.

We are in grave danger of PO'ing some activists here.

Trumpy - on a 5 string bass as opposed to a 4, does it generally have 1 higher or 1 lower string? If lower, does a bass really need a lower string, and could a higher string be used? Always been curious about that.

Radar

And to follow the last question: How about the tuning on a six string bass?

Gidday Radar,
Generally a 5-string bass will have a "top" (when viewed while wearing the bass) string tuned to B, however, some 5-string basses used in jazz areas have a "bottom" string tuned to C, as an addition to the normal set of 4 strings.
The reasoning behind the whole 5-string bass came about in the 60's-70's, where the music written in pop circles could not be accommodated with a normal 4-string.
This was a product of the disco era and has carried on since then, with a lot of bassists using a 5-string to give thier sound more "low -end".
A 6-string bass has the tuning B E A D G C.
Here is a list of the actual open string frequencies:

• B: 30.87Hz
• E: 41.20Hz
• A: 55.00Hz
• D: 73.40Hz
• G: 97.90Hz
• C: 130.80Hz

Mildly interesting fact about the electric bass, when it was first introduced, some record producers refused to use it, in favour of the upright bass, stating that it would damage thier recording equipment.

Got a question, regarding the tuning of a 12 String Guitar (standard tuning that is... not "tuned down"):

Since each set of strings (per note/chord) is set 1 octave apart, does one set the tuning on the largest string first, then tune the smaller string by matching the Harmonic of the larger string - or another string?...

Or...

Is this something best done with a Piano (or Keyboard) to match tuning per Octave?...

Or...

Use a Tuner?

I have never tuned a 12 string, and - in fact, have only held One (1) 12 string Acoustic Guitar for about 15 seconds (moving it out of the way, to avoid damaging it during equipment setup!).

Love the similarities of an Audio Waveform and an EMF (Electro Magnetic Field) Waveform.

Audio ones have Even Numbered Harmonics being Zero-Sequencing, whereas EMF ones have Odd Numbered Harmonics being Zero-Sequencing.

Regarding Radio: In AM Broadcasting of Non-Commercial usage - such as "HAM Radio", does anyone recognize "SSB", and is it used in other areas other than medium frequency broadcasts (500kHz - 1600kHz)?

RF work is really interesting to me!
I like it because of the ways to place information on carrier waves, the types of information to place on carriers, how to modulate that wave, how to receive the entire package and extract that information, and how the package looks so much like an Acoustical (Psycho acoustical) package - or could be compared to certain ones.

Scott35