Brookstone manufactures nothing. If you want this unit you need to
find the manufacturer and buy direct to get the cost down. Seems
high to me but in exchange it is ready to go.
I was thinking about the very small "walkie-takies" for this unit.
These are available most everywhere now and it gives a 2 mile range.
I see uhf pairs selling for about $30.00 that have vox mic in (voice
activated transmit) and headphone out jacks. These jacks are usually
used for headsets for things like motorcycle drivers. Then you could
use the headphones of your choice and run a patch cable from the
recorder headphone out to the mic in jack so that it is locked in
transmit perpetual with the headphone volume set correctly. I have
not yet checked the audio quality of these units with external
devices yet. I also note that output to the headphones would be mono
which means that you would need a patch cord to convert your
headphones to mono if you went with this approach. Anyone have a
pair of these little "walkie talkies" to try it out for us?
Rich Peet
--- In Marty Michener <>
wrote:
> Hello all:
>
> I just noticed several pairs for sale of cordless 900 mHz
earphones, and I
> kept thinking of all those wires and straps in the field and how
hard it is
> to see a bird singing . . .
>
> Sennheiser makes three models, ranging (in TWEETER) from about $
130 to $ 270
> But all of these would be useless in the field because the
transmitter unit
> plugs directly into 110 VAC.
>
> But Brookstone had a $ 99 pair that sounded fairly decent, where
the
> transmitter unit gets 9 to 12 vDC from a battery connector on a
cord from a
> power unit that plugs into the 110 vAC. Now that unit COULD be
modified to
> run from a 12 v DC portable battery pack. The range claimed was
200 ft,.
> line of sight of course. I believe these transmitters draw about
200 mW, or
> about 16 milleamps at 12 V.
>
> In the field, this unit would allow you to park the mics, recorder
and
> transmitter unit some place handy (on a rock?), then, wearing the
> headphones, creep around quietly and get a better look to ID a
> sound-maker. My most serious problem in the field is IDing some of
the
> tropical species, because WHILE the recording is happening, I am
tied to
> all the "input" stuff with straps and wires. The idea I am having
here is
> that you could listen at full volume to what your mics are giving
your
> recorder WHILE moving sideways, hoping to get a better view of the
singer.
>
> The headphone freedom would allow you to check the directionality
of your
> mics, also.
>
> I haven't bought one yet, but thought I'de get some responses to
see if
> anyone has tried this idea or a modification of it.
>
> my best regards,
>
> Marty Michener
> MIST Software Associates PO Box 269, Hollis, NH 03049
>
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