This was before we lost the site. :( Sound is politics, and inspite of the
most careful presentation to a city cuoncil, when the meeting is packed with
the 'good-hearted' folks who felt disturbed by our activity generating noise
(and masked by one of the busiest freeways into San Francisco (Interstate
80), it didn't matter, we were out. Since then the make-up of the city
council has changed, the whiners have apparently moved, and we're back,
without PA.
--Pat Kelly
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>From: "Matthew D. Murray" <MDMurray@gwns.com>
>To: "'Pat Kelly'" <lollipop487@home.com>, "NER (E-mail)" <nersolo@ner.org>,
"Teamdotnet (E-mail)" <autox@autox.team.net>
>Cc: "Evolution-Discussions (E-mail)"
<evolution-discussions@yahoogroups.com>, "'FCSCC List (E-mail)"
<FCSCC-MEM@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: RE: Fairfield County Sports Car Club Event Oct. 28th (Connecticu t)
>Date: Tue, Oct 2, 2001, 9:33 AM
>
>Was this before or after SFR lost the previously mentioned site?
>
>Matt Murray
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pat Kelly [SMTP:lollipop487@home.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 12:15 PM
> To: Matthew D. Murray; NER (E-mail); Teamdotnet (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: Fairfield County Sports Car Club Event Oct.
>28th (Connecticu t)
>
> Matt,
> I don't recall how we got there, but we've been using the A
>rating for
> over 12 years. Seems like the A rating was the closest to what
>humans hear.
> We even hired a noise person to double check our readings (at $1000
>a day!).
> --Pat Kelly
> ----------
> >From: "Matthew D. Murray" <MDMurray@gwns.com>
> >To: "NER (E-mail)" <nersolo@ner.org>, "'FCSCC List (E-mail)"
> <FCSCC-MEM@yahoogroups.com>, "Teamdotnet (E-mail)"
><autox@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: FW: Fairfield County Sports Car Club Event Oct. 28th
>(Connecticu t)
> >Date: Tue, Oct 2, 2001, 9:12 AM
> >
>
> >Seems like we should use a "C" weighting.
> >
> >Matt Murray
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Jay Mitchell [SMTP:jemitchell@compuserve.com]
> ><mailto:[SMTP:jemitchell@compuserve.com]>
> >Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 12:01 PM
> >To: Matthew D. Murray
> >Cc: Evolution-Discussions (E-mail)
> >Subject: Re: Fairfield County Sports Car Club Event Oct. 28th
> >(Connecticut)
> >
> >Matt Murray wrote:
> > > So if we want to be cautious, perhaps we should be using "C."
> >
> >Definitely.
> > > Well > transmitted low frequencies (as well as high freqs.)
>could
> >annoy the locals. > True?
> >
> >Definitely. I think we can safely say that the "boom-car"
>phenomenon annoys
> >some folks (can't imagine why ;<), and there's very little sound
>above 100
> >Hz being radiated outside the car by stereos of this persuasion.
> > > Relying on a neighbor who can only hear 1k to 3k might be a bit
> > > risky. :^)
> >
> >"A" weighting doesn't _eliminate_ low frequencies, it just gives
>them less,
> >well, weight. However, almost any broadband noise source will
>produce higher
> >SPL measured with "C" weighting than with "A." So "C" weighting is
>the
> >"safest" from the POV of neighborhood annoyance, but a bit more
>difficult
> >wrt muffling requirements.
> >Jay
> >
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