Hi Bernie,
Maybe some very small crimp sleeves ,tape and a couple feet of spare cable =
might due in leu of soldering iron and shrink tubing?
John
On Apr 28, 2012, at 10:05 AM, Bernie Krause wrote:
> Good cables are really expensive. And those wee critters love to
> nibble on the rubber and wires which are hard to repair in the field.
> I've lost a few myself...mostly while recording in deserts, but also
> in Rwanda while recording mountain gorillas. The rats were everywhere
> on the mountain and even ate the ticking out of my sleeping bag and
> favorite North Face jacket. (The nearest cable shop was 1500 mi. away
> in that part of the world so it was fortunate that I had a small
> repair kit with me.)
>
> Bernie
>
> On Apr 28, 2012, at 9:43 AM, John Brenneman wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the advice Bernie,
> >
> > I envisioned something like that , sort of like a suspension bridge
> > to my mics. Guess I had been lucky up until this happened.
> >
> > John
> > On Apr 28, 2012, at 5:59 AM, Bernie Krause wrote:
> >
> >> Rabbits and rodents have to gnaw on things to keep their teeth from
> >> curling around and growing into their wee brains. They especially
> >> love
> >> expensive coaxial mic cables. When recording, always take a number of
> >> thin metal stakes about 25 - 30 inches (63 - 76cm) long with a loop
> >> at
> >> the top through which to thread your cables, thus keeping them off
> >> the
> >> ground and inaccessible to critters.
> >>
> >> Bernie
> >>
> >> On Apr 27, 2012, at 2:29 PM, John Brenneman wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi fellow recordists. I camped and recorded last thursday and
> >>> Friday in Pinnacles Natl. Monument in California.Here are 2
> >>> recordings made with mics in the same location at 8:30 PM and 6:30
> >>> AM the next morning in the Pinnacles campground beneath large Valley
> >>> Oaks with a bog nearby.
> >>> http://soundcloud.com/johnny-b-11/evening-in-pinnacles
> >>> http://soundcloud.com/johnny-b-11/dawn-in-pinnacles-campground-4
> >>>
> >>> Unfortunately during the morning recording I lost the Right channel
> >>> and only determined later that a rabbit had chewed most of the way
> >>> through my mic cable. Mogami must be tasty. Has anyone out there
> >>> experienced this problem? I hope it won't be a common occurrence.
> >>>
> >>> While hiking with my parabolic mic I chanced upon a Steller's Jay
> >>> that was making vocalizations I've not heard before. It was foraging
> >>> on a large sycamore down in narrow little Bear Creek gulch and
> >>> sounding a bit thrasher-like. It went on and on and I recorded
> >>> several 30+ second cuts . Here is a short take before logistics put
> >>> too much stream and wind noise into the recordings. http://soundcloud=
.com/johnny-b-11/stellers-jay-pinnacles-4-20-12
> >>>
> >>> Hope all works well as I'm still learning about sharing recordings.
> >>>
> >>> best regards,
> >>>
> >>> John Brenneman
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
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