Sound Level meter requirements

[John Pavlick]

Tony,
 Yeah, the Tenma brand (calibrator) from MCM is about $200.00 and doesn't
fit every meter - just a few of the Tenma meters. For now I'm going to use
my RS meter, keeping in mind the limitations. I'd rather spend the money on
fuel at this point!
John Pavlick
http://www.idseng.com


  -----Original Message-----
  From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On
Behalf Of tony at radiosouthrc.com
  Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 8:52 PM
  To: discussion at nsrca.org
  Subject: Re: Sound Level meter requirements


  John:

  Yes, it is very tricky.  The problem is finding the known reference.
That's why we have to re-calibrate so often even with a "quality" meter.
AMA told me at the time that the calibrator device itself was about
$500.00...  Of course, it was designed specifically to fit over the mic of
that particular brand of meter, and may not be very accurate with another
meter unless a custom head was built to hold the calibrator exactly the same
distance from the mic while blocking all outside noise sources...


  Tony Stillman
  Radio South
  3702 N. Pace Blvd.
  Pensacola, FL 32505
  1-800-962-7802
  www.radiosouthrc.com

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