Appreciation post: My kid confused the spectrum analyzer for a music player

Last weekend, I was calibrating a nav system at home on the bench. My son wandered in and stared at the spectrum analyzer display. He thought the signal traces were songs and asked if he could change the station. I tried to explain it was for finding radio glitches, not playing tunes. He now tells his friends my job is fixing 'quiet airplanes'. It's a goofy mix-up that always cracks me up after a long day.

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murphy.aaron3mo ago

Wait, he thought those lines were songs?

sarahf993mo ago

Yeah like "born to run," murphy.aaron, people quote it constantly.

the_harper2mo ago

My cousin once argued that "may the force be with you" was from a Beatles song. The confidence was almost impressive.

wadew513mo ago

But lines like that are basically song lyrics, so the confusion makes sense.