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Re: Homemade parabola UPDATE

Subject: Re: Homemade parabola UPDATE
From: "hydronium88" <>
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 06:54:15 -0000
Thanks everyone for the quick replies.  I actually have an ME62 and K6
as well so I'll play with some different combinations of mikes and
parabolas.  Feel free to keep sending advice!

Lucas Habib
University of Alberta

--- In  umashankar <>
wrote:
> i keep seeing these references to a clear telinga
> dish, but i do not seem to be able to buy it. telinga
> itself does not offer me the dish alone. i do not want
> to buy their mikes and electronics at this time (for
> one thing i cannot afford it) but at 75 dollars i can
> buy just the dish. but how do i buy it?
>
> umashankar
> --- Rich Peet <> wrote:
> > You may not like it but,  The 67 is not great in a
> > parabola.
> > I recommend that you get the 62 capsule to use with
> > your dish.
> > I started with a 67 and moved to a 62 and a dish.
> > then another 62 and
> > k6 and then ......
> >
> > Look at Walts site for the construction of a handle
> > for a dish. A
> > clear Telinga dish will be around 75.US. Or you can
> > go with Aluminum
> > for 50 or an Umbrella for 10.
> >
> > You will find that the 67 is a great tool but should
> > be separate from
> > a parabola it has a different use.  If you want to
> > dump the 67 after
> > trying out the dish, the going price is about 75% of
> > current new
> > which would pay for the 62 element which is cheaper.
> >  That assumes
> > that you didn't scratch it up.
> >
> > My 2 cents.,
> >
> > Rich
> >
> > --- In 
> > "hydronium88" <>
> > wrote:
> > > Sorry all for the double posting, but I was told I
> > should be more
> > > specific in my requests:
> > >
> > > I am a MSc student at the University of Alberta in
> > Edmonton, AB,
> > > Canada.  I am VERY new to bird work.  For my
> > thesis I am exploring
> > the
> > > effects of chronic background noise from
> > industrial developments on
> > > birds in the boreal forest.  I am looking at a few
> > possible effects
> > of
> > > noise on birds, including increased stress,
> > decreased abundance, and
> > > alterations in song.  This latter part is what I'm
> > looking for help
> > > on.  Last summer an article was published in
> > Nature by Slabbekoorn
> > and
> > > Peet, who found that great tits in urban
> > environments have a higher
> > > minimum frequency of their song than rural ones.
> > I will be looking
> > > for a similar effect near industrial
> > installations.
> > >
> > > I have two major questions that I would appreciate
> > advice on:
> > > 1) For my recordings, I will be using a Sennheiser
> > ME67. Of course,
> > > the nature of my study means that I will be
> > working in areas with
> > lots
> > > of background noise so I'd really like to be able
> > to isolate a song
> > > for a recording without too much background
> > interference.  I would
> > > like to make a parabola for it but after much
> > searching haven't had
> > > much luck finding a how-to page or info on it in
> > this list. Can any
> > > one give me some advice or point me to such a
> > page?
> > >
> > > 2) I need some type of recorder that will provide
> > high-quality
> > > recordings that I can later analyze on a PC.  I
> > will be lugging it
> > > around in the field so size is also an issue.  And
> > of course, I'm
> > on a
> > > limited budget.  If anyone has any suggestions for
> > what I should be
> > > using, please let me know.  I know that this is a
> > very contentious
> > > topic!
> > >
> > > Thanks again,
> > >
> > > Lucas Habib
> > > University of Alberta
> >
> >
> >
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> > "Microphones are not ears,
> > Loudspeakers are not birds,
> > A listening room is not nature."
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> >
> >
> >      
> >
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> >
>
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