OT... Cell Phone Phenomena

[Dallas]

I connect to the internet with my cell phone as the primary connection device.

The other day I noticed that my electronic guitar tuner would flash once in a while, but I never paid much attention to it. I thought it was probably just the low battery warning.

Then yesterday, I paid a little bit of attention when it flashed and found it would do it when I activated the GSM phone. It will also flash when a voice mail is received. I don't know if it flashes when a call comes in.

I thought I'd try a little experiment so I took the 9V battery out of the tuner and dialed into the internet. Sure enough, the tuner flashed but there was no reading on the digital needle (LCD).

A little more information:

The tuner is a "Qwik Tune" Auto Guitar and Bass tuner operating on 1 nine volt battery.

The phone is a LG CU500 on the AT&T network formerly known as Cingular.

This post doesn't really mean anything, I just thought I'd share an odd occurence.

Dallas

[cody]

Don't tell the phone company, you'll have to pay extra for the guitar tuner adjustments.

[oldmansax]

Dallas,

You being the law-abiding citizen that you are, I am sure you never did this but some of us old time outlaw truckers did.

When CB radios first started being used by drivers, they were severely underpowered in our opinion....never mind WHAT the law said   

So, we quickly found out they could be "helped" with linear amps. Some folks needed to talk to their offices/wives/girlfriends/mistresses/ or someone who just happened to be 1/2 the country away; therefore, we  they needed 2000 watts.  This created the interesting phenomenon of being able to light any florescent light in the vicinity.  We They used to tape 12 watt bulbs on the antennas to show off. This practice was quickly abandoned once Smokey figured out the truck that lit up was the one that just said where the bears were. There is a substantial fine and some jail time associated with this practice. Don't ask me how I know this.

If the bulb in your tuner resembles a florescent  bulb, it may be being lit by the carrier signal of your phone. You can test this hypotheses by disassembling the tuner and placing the bulb next to the phone. connect to the net & see what happens.

NOTE: I am not responsible for any damage, real or perceived, that may occur during or related to any actions taken that are in any  way related to this post   

[Dallas]

Tom, I don't know nuttin' about no Texas Star Bilinear amplifier or the light bulb on top of the antenna. No sirree! I never run nuthin' but my legal 4 watts. I just used 'Skip' to transmit and receive. Yeah, that's it, it was 'Skip' on my little 10-9 weakie Johnson 123A.

Too bad the bulbs in my tuner are LED or I would think you are correct. I don't know if LED's can react the same as the neon voltage check bulbs use to.

Dallas