Online Pitch source

Robert Scott robert.scott at tunelab-world.com
Mon May 15 19:40:21 MDT 2006


Jerry Cohen asked:

> What about using a cellular phone to call up NIST? Since the cell phone is
> digital, does the accuracy depend upon the oscillator in the cell phone?
>For that matter, what about a digital portable phone?

Cell phones and other digital phones are OK.  Even though they are digital, they do not utilize the massive data buffering that happens over the Internet.  The sound is relayed in real-time with no distortion of the pitch.

Robert Scott
Ypsilanti, Michigan


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