Good luck, Brian. I built a similar setup a few years ago as an experiment=
, and it worked pretty well. I finally graduated to a real parabolic, but i=
t did the trick while I had it. Keep us posted!
/Steve
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> Hello,
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> At the moment I'm planning on building a reflector microphone, based on a=
=A315 bird feeder squirrel baffle dome from a hardware store.
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> Now I understand that since the baffle isn't truly a parabolic shape (it =
is more a hemisphere), then it won't perform as well as a true parabolic re=
flector. I've uploaded a couple of photos to the group page, here is a link=
to them.
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> https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/naturerecordists/photos/photostream/l=
ightbox/129606824 <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/naturerecordists/pho=
tos/photostream/lightbox/129606824>
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> For the microphones I will be using micbooster Primio EM172 capsules, hoo=
ked up to my new Olympus LS14 recorder.
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> It certainly should be a fun experiment!
> I'll be sure to post updates to this thread as I progress with the build.
>
> Regards,
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> Brian.
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