FYI folks: I just shipped 77 lbs (35kg) to Seattle from SF for $45
Airborne Express Ground. Guaranteed three days. Insured for $5000.
Got there in two days. Hard to beat the price.
Bernie
>Travellers:
>
>I (we) leave for Kauai on Monday, and plan to be gone 10 days. I am going
>to try a new service, I'll report on the success. The business was starte=
d
>by an acquaintance, and is called www.skybrations.com
>
>The idea is they ship, Fed Ex or ?, your valuable and / or heavy luggage,
>you have just carry on baggage, and you never visit the airport carousel
>again. Yes, you can lock and insure the luggage - they quoted me base
>insurance of $ 500, and an additional dollar cost per hundred for more
>coverage. The shipping fee is steep but it looks like the answer to our
>travel security / theft problems.
>
>I plan to pack my mics, tripod, optics and HHb with bulky clothes in a
>large suitcase. The catch, so far is you have to have it packed several
>days in advance, so it can be picked up and be waiting at your hotel when
>you arrive. Skybrations has special labels they use and they handle every
>detail. We will depart from Hawaii for return from a different hotel - no
>problem, they say.
>
>I haven't asked about travel to other countries and how customs would be
>handled. We'll get back to the list on this.
>
>Marty Michener
>MIST Software Associates PO Box 269, Hollis, NH 03049
>
>EnjoyBirds.com - Software that migrates with you.
>http://www.EnjoyBirds.com
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>From Tue Mar 8 18:23:31 2005
Message: 13
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 22:18:56 -0000
From: "Rich Peet" <>
Subject: Re: Cheap Stereo
Another Parabolic recording dish. Manufactured by or in cooperation
with, an active bird man Jean C. Roche (accent over the e). I don't
think it is still available. I recall it as a 25". The handle was a
single cushined C shaped tube that attached to the dish just above
center and went to the lower edge.
I have seen it once and last month there was one that went on e-bay.
I run one camo T-shirt material windscreen for light wind, one Fake
fur windscreen for higher winds, and in the worst prairie conditions
I run both and a foam windscreen on the mic.
Rich Peet
--- In "gkunk2001" <>
wrote:
> Rich
> What is a Roche Dish?
> I got the stereo micropone mounted on my old parabola and gave
it
> a spin in my backyard. The wind was high, the traffic was horrible
so
> I had to turn down the gain somewhat, but the results were
> satisfying. I am waiting for a real calm day to test the self
noise.
> If I use it in the house I hear the refrigerator, my wifes caged
> birds, etc.
>
> Here are the results on my web page:
> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/G_Kunkel/stereo/stereo.html
>
> --- In "Rich Peet
<>"
> <> wrote:
> > Welcome for comming out of lurk. I have a lurker friend that has
> > just configured the same dish with a mono RS mic element of the
> same
> > specs. His handle design was taken from the Roche dish design
> though.
> >
> > Enjoy playing with stereo and good luck. I prefer using a barrier
> but
> > not to have it extend in front of the mic elements so as to
reduce
> > low freq response. But this is still an open discussion and I am
> not
> > an engineer. Each trade off made to ones own desire and ear.
> >
> > Rich Peet
> >
> > --- In Gregory Kunkel
> > <> wrote:
> > > I have been lurking in this forum for some time but I
> > > always felt that I was way out of my league.
> > > I have been trying to entice people into the nature
> > > recording hobby with advice on cheap,home made
> > > recording gear. In fact I feel my parabolic plans are
> > > the father of Walt's homemade rig.
> > >
> > > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/G_Kunkel/microphone.htm
> > >
> > > The recent discussion of stero recording stimulated me
> > > to look into the cheap approach to stereo recording.
> > > The kind that a high school student doing a science
> > > project might be able to afford.
> > >
> > > So I did my usual thing. I went down to the local
> > > Radio Shack and wandered around. I came upon a product
> > > called Stereo Clip-on Microphone. (33-3028)
> > > http://support.radioshack.com/support_audio/59476.htm
> > >
> > > It is two electrect capsules connected to an 1/8in
> > > stereo plug that plugs into a controller that contains
> > > a battery and outputs two mono 1/8 in plugs. My guess
> > > was that the controller put out phantom power to the
> > > two electrets. I plunked down $30 and took the
> > > microphone home and plugged the stereo plug into my
> > > Sony MZ-R70 MD and it knocked my socks off. I now plan
> > > to mount it into my homemade parabola and start
> > > experimenting with stero.
> > > Does anybody have experience with this microphone.
> > >
> > > Greg Kunkel
> > >
> > >
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