Nathan, this message should have preceded the below, but got dropped
out somehow--
Check to see that the accumulator is fully charged in the Telinga
handle--mine acts wierd, gain-wise, as the charge is depleted.
David
--- In "David Kuhn"
<> wrote:
>
> Also Nathan, I use a small hair blow-dryer to dry things out--used
on
> low heat, not too close to the components--when I'm recording
around
> Hawai`i, where wet conditions are a normal hazard, a blow-dryer has
> become essential in my traveling gear bag.
> David
> --- In Nathan Pieplow
> <npieplow@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I record with a Fostex FR2-LE and a Telinga Pro 6 Stereo DAT
> > microphone (with parabola). Yesterday morning, I took my gear on
a
> > very cold and rainy hike up Saddleback Mountain in Maine to try
to
> > record Bicknell's Thrush. The thrushes were not singing in the
> rain,
> > but I did manage to record some of their calls from the porch of
> the
> > ski lodge, which was sheltered from the rain. For the hike up
and
> > back, I disassembled my parabola and carried all the electronic
> > components of my rig inside a plastic garbage bag inside my
> > backpack. It worked fine to record the thrush calls.
> >
> > This morning, however, it's not working fine. It works, but the
> > levels are WAY low...at normal mic trim levels (the 3:00 position
> per
> > earlier posts to this group), max gain, and half monitor, I can'
t
> > max the levels out even by yelling directly into the microphone.
I
> > can hear the ambient sound perfectly well on both channels if I
> turn
> > the monitor and/or the mic trim levels to max, but obviously the
> mic
> > is not picking up like it should. Is this because something in
the
> > unit is damp? I can't tell where the problem may be--it affects
> both
> > microphone channels equally. The recorder and monitor/headphones
> > seem to be working fine--together they play back yesterday's
> > recordings at full level--so I think it's either the mic or the
> cord.
> >
> > I know my gear didn't get truly wet yesterday, but it was
> definitely
> > exposed to a lot of humidity both inside and outside the plastic
> bag,
> > and some drops of water may have gotten on it here or there.
I've
> > been trying to dry it for a couple of hours today (assuming
> humidity
> > was the problem), but it hasn't seemed to help yet. Any advice
> would
> > be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks--
> >
> > Nathan Pieplow
> > Boulder, Colorado
> >
>
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