Weighting - Radio Shack Sound Level Meter Owner's Manual

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The effect of brief sound peaks is mini-
mized in the position.
SLOW

WEIGHTING

Set to weight the sound mea-
WEIGHTING
surement for a particular frequency range.
When set to , the meter primarily mea-
A
sures frequencies in the 500–10,000 Hz
range, which is the area of greatest sensi-
tivity to the human ear. When set to
meter measures uniformly over the fre-
quency range from 32–10,000 Hz, giving
an indication of the overall sound level.
Typical A- and C-weighted response curves
(A-weighted with random-incidence)
Controls
, the
C
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