Hello from Michigan

[nelso]

Greetings, I'm an electrical engineering student from the university of michigan, with an interest in music, especially creating my own.

Forums seem like a cool place so far, looking forward to poking around

 

[SY]

Welcome! Ann Arbor is a great town, sort of like Austin, but 100 degrees colder.

 

[kevinahcc20]

Greetings fellow Michigander...so SY it's 162°F in Austin today??

 

[SY]

...so SY it's 162°F in Austin today??

In the shade, yes. In Texas, that's what they call "balmy."

 

[nelso]

Thanks for the welcome!

Question I've had so far, what section of the forum would I find information on spectrum analyzers?

 

[SY]

It's somewhat scattered. Are you talking about stand-alone units (like RTAs) or computer-based systems using sound cards?

 

[nelso]

I was thinking more along the lines of creating my own mainly analog one as a stand alone unit

 

[SY]

That will be a challenge. You might start a thread in the Equipment and Tools section outlining what you have in mind.

I have an analog unit (HP3581A) which I use as a backup for a sound-card based system. The latter has enormously better resolution, noise floor, and versatility, but can only measure as high as 90kHz or so.

 

[kevinahcc20]

In the shade, yes. In Texas, that's what they call "balmy."

I'd like to see the heat sinks on your Class A power amps!!

 

[SY]

We don't need to power the heaters in our tube amps, just leave 'em in the sun.

 

[c2cthomas]

We don't need to power the heaters in our tube amps, just leave 'em in the sun.

In da morning ya gotta check your amps (and boots) for scorpions - and after ya put 'em on then you can go out and stomp on sum of dem rattle snake things. Wellllllll - at least that's what we did up in Amarillo (orrrr as we say - Am-a-rill-ah)

Don't get me go'n about how to chase them cow thingies around the oil wells!

 

[geraldfryjr]

Welcome, Nelso, It makes me glad to see more members from my side of the world!
I find these forums very enjoyable and I hope that you find the same experience as I,Welcome. jer