My new "bat detector" this year, mostly cobbled together from old kit around the house, the dodotronic has brought it all together nicely...
*A dodotronic ultramic 384 Evo
*Parabolic reflector from www.parabolicmicrophone.co.uk
*Android tablet running bat recorder app, and handlebar mount
*Various cables, otg cable,
*Bluetooth headphones
(*Plus zoom h2n and external mic pointing into reflector for bird song.)
The zoom and regular mic really amplifies bird song, especially with headphones. I can hear birds that don't even register with my ears.
Similarly, the ultrasonic mic pointing into the parabolic reflector detects bats that don't even register with my previous bat recorder (Ciel 401).
What is less easy to test, is how much the bat detector set up relies on the parabolic reflector, as comparing requires dismantling the set up, by which time the bat has gone. However, with a set of keys jangling, there was a significant improvement with the reflector.
*A dodotronic ultramic 384 Evo
*Parabolic reflector from www.parabolicmicrophone.co.uk
*Android tablet running bat recorder app, and handlebar mount
*Various cables, otg cable,
*Bluetooth headphones
(*Plus zoom h2n and external mic pointing into reflector for bird song.)
The zoom and regular mic really amplifies bird song, especially with headphones. I can hear birds that don't even register with my ears.
Similarly, the ultrasonic mic pointing into the parabolic reflector detects bats that don't even register with my previous bat recorder (Ciel 401).
What is less easy to test, is how much the bat detector set up relies on the parabolic reflector, as comparing requires dismantling the set up, by which time the bat has gone. However, with a set of keys jangling, there was a significant improvement with the reflector.
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