Binary Acoustic Technology AR150FG
Binary Acoustic Technology AR150FG
$1,095.00
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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 for recording and analysis.
Compared with the miniMIC, the AR150-FG employs low noise circuitry along with a 16-bit digital converter to achieve high sensitivity along with a large dynamic range. Typical applications include acoustic bat mobile transects, but it is used also for mice and rodent studies, bat flight rooms, and moth and/or insect research. The acoustic stream that is captured directly into a Windows tablet, a laptop or netbook running Windows XP or higher, or a Mac via Parallels for recording and analysis using the included SPECT'R software, SonoBatLIVE, Bat Recorder app for Android, and others.
To date, this microphone has outperformed every microphone+software combination is has ever been compared with on bat acoustic mobile transects at all AZ, KY, and CA Bat Survey Solutions workshop venues.
AR150-FG is better at:
- Active recording/viewing live full spectrum activity, and then selectively recording only the bat pass of interest.
- Mobile transects; the omnidirectional-like coverage of this microphone is ideal for moving transects and captures significantly more pulses in files than directional microphones and lower quality omni-directional mics.
- Educational demos; people are entranced by the "campfire effect" of watching bat activity go by live.
- Passive monitoring; the AR150-FG is housed in a robust weatherproof housing more appropriate for inclement weather.
- Orient this microphone vertically with the element on the top to minimize moisture in the cable port. Billed as omnidirectional, raise this microphone as far as possible from all obstructions (~12'+ above ground) and extend it into the airspce you intend to monitor.
- The FG microphone element is similar to the Pettersson D240x, and thus very compatible with the SonoBat autoclassifer.
- Compatible with SonoBatLIVE and Bat Recorder Android app
- Compatible with Myotisoft Transect
- Compatible with SonoBat Bat Call Analysis software
AR125-FG Specifications:
- 300 kHz sampling rate
- Omnidirectional-like ultrasonic element
- Direct digital conversion technology
- 1KHz to 150 KHz operating range
- High sensitivity and 78 dB dynamic range
- High speed USB 2.0 interface
- Durable aluminum enclosure
- Weather Tolerant
- 1/4-20 standard camera mount
- Cables runs of at least 70' using 2-USB Active Extensions cables
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Questions & Answers
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I'm a little confused how these AR150/ AcroBat recievers work. If leaving this out in the field for several nights, is it a stand alone unit that actually records the bats and then you download from the unit later? Or does it need to be plugged into a laptop or something that is protected in the field from the weather while it records? What's the optimum way to set these up in the field and leaving them for a week or so? I'm familar with using Sonobat live with a usb microphone (pettersen 500x mic), and with using the wildlife acoustic SM2 unit paired with a SMX-U1 mic. - thanks, Patrick
All of Binary Acoustic Technologies microphones are USB mics; they either plug into a laptop OR record using a separate recorder such as the IFR-V https://binaryacoustictech.com/batpages_files/iFR_V.htm The AcroBat is a special order mic that only works with the AcroBat software from Binary Acoustics, and so it requires a laptop; that said, check with Binary Acoustics directly as the product capabilities may have changed with updates.