Posted by: "stoatwizard"
> You can control a MD if you are prepared to butcher a remote control to
> get the strange plug. You use a transistor to ground the remote control
> line via resistor (330R). I used a cheap alarm clock module and a 4538
> CMOS monostable to turn the beeper output from the clock into a 0.5s
> pulse as if you were pressing the pause button.
Does this power the MD down between recording intervals? That's
necessary with a froglogger, or else you have to have a lot more battery
to keep it running. Frogloggers are often left unattended for weeks, and
the less you have to go out and service them the better as you may be
clear across the state from them. Sounds like you may be only running pause.
> Trouble is you normally still have to aim the mic at the bird which
> made that project not particularly useful as a way to get a lie-in ;)
Not as much a problem for a froglogger. Just use a sensitive omni with
rain protection. In any case, a froglogger is to get info on what's
there, not so much to try and get top quality recordings. If you want
quality recordings attended recording is the way you have to go.
Walt
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