When heading off into the field and I have room in my luggage, I
usually take a handful of 1m (approx. 40") wire stakes with loops at
the top and thread the cable through it. That seems to work OK.
Bernie
> > From: Wild Sanctuary <>
>> Reply-To:
>> Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 09:19:44 -0700
>> To:
>> Subject: RE: [Nature Recordists] Long cable questions
>>
>> In Africa I sometimes use a 100m (310ft) cable. No problem (except
>> when you leave it out overnight and the field rats and mice get a
>> crack at it). If you're running a very long cable, best to insure
>> that most of it is suspended off the ground.
>>
>> Bernie Krause
>>
>
>I endorse that for Australia too. In '68 when I started recording lyrebirds
>using long cables, Norman Robinson (CSIRO Div. of Wildlife) warned me always
>to keep them up off the ground for that reason. I always have, but still
>have had some insulation chewed off, I assume from where the cable crossed a
>branch and by chance a rat happened along the branch.
>
>Syd Curtis in Brisbane, Australia.
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