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I collaborate on a project like this, but using a distributed network of a dozen or so dumb recorders within 50 miles of my house.
by alhirzel 2y ago
I collaborate on a project like this, but using a distributed network of a dozen or so dumb recorders within 50 miles of my house.
- is_true 2y agodo you use the same hardware? I'm interested in helping a local ornithologist setting one up.
- alhirzel 2y agoWe use dedicated trailcam-like recorders that drop `.wav` files to a 256GB SD card for a few months on four "C" size batteries. Several sites are very remote (islands separated from mainland by several miles), and recordings are scheduled for only 6 hours per day according to the study's focus.
- is_true 2y agoty
- sriacha 2y agoCan you elaborate on your setup?
- anitil 2y agoI'd be interested to hear more about this. I came close to working on a similar setup but the primary limitations were power and data connections. We figured we'd either need a manual rotation of batteries and storage, or maybe buried PoE to handle both. We never got past the initial concept
- alhirzel 2y agoOur slow-but-steady concept is down the batteries and storage fork in the road you lay out. Some areas are too remote for infrastructure, so we just revisit and change batteries and cards periodically.