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Bat Detector Buyers Guide - Active Detectors

Pettersson M500 Microphone
$449.00
Lightweight Full-spectrum Power The Pettersson M500 is a small, USB-powered ultrasonic microphone housed in durable, black aluminum enclosure. Utilizing the same advanced electret microphone technology as the D500x detector, the M500 can be used both in directional and omnidirectional modes (with or without the directional horn). The microphone ...

Elekon BATSCANNER
$414.99
The BATSCANNER is an easy to use bat detector. It converts the ultrasonic bat calls into an audible frequency with the "mixer“ principle (heterodyne). What makes the BATSCANNER unique is that the mixing frequency is adjusted and displayed automatically for the detected bat species. Thus, the different bat species can be heard without manual t...

Elekon BATSCANNER Stereo
$449.99
By sound and not by sight. The BATSCANNER is available in stereo! In addition to the many things that give this device the advantage over other heterodyne detectors, the stereo edition (using 2 omnidirectional microphones) now allows users who want the extra “edge” to determine which direction the detected bat is coming from, and where it may be...

Batbox Baton W/Software Disc
$129.99
Simple and Versatile Bat Detection. Listen to bats in real-time! The Baton is a simple but versatile “frequency division” bat detector that allows the listener to hear the ultrasound produced by echolocating bats. The Bat Baton has a division factor of 10, meaning the sounds of a 50kHz bat is reduced to only 5kHz—well within the range of human h...

Pettersson u256 Microphone
$273.75
Lightweight Full-spectrum Power Available Q4 2019. The u256 sets a new standard for USB microphones offering excellent sensitivity, low noise, small size and ultra-low power consumption – all for a modest price. The components are housed in a slim and durable aluminium enclosure. Like the well-known Pettersson M500-384 microphone, the u-series m...

Pettersson u384 Microphone
$363.60
Lightweight Full-spectrum Power Available Q4 2019. The u384 sets a new standard for USB microphones offering excellent sensitivity, low noise, small size and ultra-low power consumption – all for a modest price. The components are housed in a slim and durable aluminium enclosure. Like the well-known Pettersson M500-384 microphone, the u-series m...

Pettersson D100
$229.00
This quality heterodyne bat detector is tuned by adjusting the tuning knob to the center of the desired frequency in kHz. The detector in real time plays any ultrasound that is approximately 4 kHz above and below the tuned frequency.This method works by frequency subtraction and only a very narrow part of the spectrum is scanned at any given tim...

Pettersson D200
$295.00
This quality heterodyne bat detector features a large LCD displaying the center of the tuned frequency in kHz. The detector in real time plays any ultrasound that is approximately 4 kHz above and below the tuned frequency.This method works by frequency subtraction and only a very narrow part of the spectrum is scanned at any given time, so a tre...

Pettersson D240x
$995.00
Heterodyne and Full Spectrum Time Expansion Bat Detector The bat detectors from Pettersson Elektronik are high quality instruments, designed in close cooperation with leading bat workers for optimum performance in full spectrum recordings. As a testament to Pettersson's "done right the first time" philosophy, this is one of most longest-lived p...

Pettersson D1000x
$4,499.00
The Pettersson D-1000X is the professional ultrasound detector based on the latest technology. This detector features Heterodyne (HET), Frequency Division (FD), Time-expansion (TE), and also a built-in 16-bit recording system using a Compact Flash (CF) card as the storage medium. It is equipped with the Pettersson, high-quality capacitance micro...

Demo Pettersson D1000x s/n 303 w/cable
$3,550.00
This is a lightly used demo unit. It was used by instructors at BCM bat acoustic workshops to record voucher calls. Includes 15' mic extension cable, Pettersson soft pouch, and a hard storage/travel case. Additional specs and instruction manual download available from https://batsound.com/product/d1000x-ultrasound-detector/ The Pettersson D-10...

Demo Pettersson D1000x s/n 282
$3,495.00
This is a lightly used demo unit. It was used by instructors at BCM bat acoustic workshops to record voucher calls. Includes Pettersson soft pouch, and a hard storage/travel case. Additional specs and instruction manual download available from https://batsound.com/product/d1000x-ultrasound-detector/ The Pettersson D-1000X is the professional u...

Elekon BATLOGGER-M
$1,095.00
This is a new, open box demo unit that has never been field deployed. Purchased to aid with demonstrations at bat workshops, we simply have too many and would rather this be in the hands of users in the field collecting data! Device is like new with accessories such as earbuds, extra mic, hard case, charger with euro+US plug, and the optional ac...

Binary Acoustic Technology miniMIC
$650.00
The miniMIC was conceived at the April 2013 Western Bat Working Group meeting after realizing the needs bat biologists have for a lower cost, but still high quality microphone we can use for active monitoring. A few weeks later, BCM received the first two miniMIC demo units and proceeded to test them the remainder of that summer. The miniMIC is ...

Binary Acoustic Technology AR150FG
$1,095.00
The AR150-FG is a professional quality ultrasonic receiver that is designed for ultrasonic recording and acoustic analysis. It employs a hemispherical ultrasonic element along with ultrasonic to digital conversion technology which produces a high quality, digitally sampled, acoustic stream that is injected directly into a laptop or lab computer...

Binary Acoustic Technology AR180
$1,065.00
The AR180 is a professional quality ultrasonic receiver that is designed for ultrasonic recording and acoustic analysis. It is Binary Acoustic Technologies widest bandwidth ultrasonic receiver. It is designed to receive bat calls in the 1KHz to 180KHz frequency range and it is capable of detecting the higher frequency bats such as those founds...

Binary Acoustic Technology AR180-EXT
$1,450.00
The AR180-EXT is a professional quality ultrasonic receiver that is designed for ultrasonic recording and acoustic analysis. It employs a directional, wide bandwidth ultrasonic element along with ultrasonic to digital conversion technology to produce a high quality, digitally sampled, acoustic stream that is injected directly into a laptop comp...

Binary Acoustic Technology AcroBAT
$1,495.00
AcroBAT is a new innovative bat monitoring and recording system developed by Binary Acoustic Technology, LLC. It is designed to enhance bat acoustic monitoring and classification protocols by eliminating two prominent sources of error: 1) classifier errors introduced by the presence of multiple bats and bat species in recordings; and 2) clas...

AnaBat Walkabout
$1,595.00
The full color five inch LCD touchscreen displays both full spectrum and zero crossing calls in real time, enabling you to monitor and review your sonograms in the field. The detector uses the FG Knowles microphone which is known for its robustness & sensitivity. This omnidirectional microphone can be easily converted to directional using th...

Bat Acoustic Data Post Processing and Manual Vetting
$25.00
Several automated software programs have been developed to handle large acoustic data sets. And, the software developers would lead us to believe that their products will make echolocation call analysis fast while providing highly confident results for species occupancy and bat activity levels. Unfortunately, the reality is that none of the curr...

Elekon BATSCANNER (used)
$195.00
Note this is a lightly used detector that looks new. Original version with replaceable/extendable microphone. May not come with original packaging or a manual. Download manual here. Detect bat calls easier than ever. The BATSCANNER is a compact, user-friendly real-time bat detector. The built-in live monitoring (digital heterodyne) converter t...

Pettersson D240x - Used
$750.00
Note: this is a LIGHTLY USED detector, includes soft case, no box. Used occasionally at bat workshops by professional adults for purposes of collecting voucher calls, otherwise has been stored. Tested before shipping, guaranteed not DOA. The D240x manual can be downloaded here: https://batsound.com/downloads/ D240x Description: Heterodyne and F...