>Thanks for sharing ideas on mounting 183s.
>Over the weekend while my home was slicked over with ice, I
>found some time to play around with mounts for my Shure
>WL183s.
>I found that hardware cloth can make a sturdy and transparent
>support tube for use in a dish. This picture shows the mics
>mounted side by side on the inside of the support tube:
>
><http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerecordists/files/JH_183s_
>Hardwarecloth.jpg>
>
>I was afraid that by having them so close together and without a
>barrier between I would get something more like mono, but it
>turned out to give a nice stereo effect:
>
><http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerecordists/files/JH_05011
>8_frogs.mp3>
>
>I also worked on my tree mounted 183s setup. The mics plug
>through a hole in center if a disc of half inch camping pad foam:
>
><http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerecordists/files/JH_183s_
>FoamMount.jpg>
>
>The discs of foam plug into a sections of plastic mesh tubing
>that can be covered with fake fur and are easily attached to a
>strap wrapped around a tree:
><http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerecordists/files/JH_183s_
>MeshTube.jpg>
>-John Hartog
>
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John--
Thanks for the photos. Frogs in Ice?! The hardware cloth appears to
create more obstruction than vinyl gutter mesh. What the purpose of
the long tube on the stereo rig?
Rob D.
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Rob Danielson
Film Department
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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