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Towed Hydrophone Array Hardware Options
As an alternative to traditional towed hydrophone arrays, you could consider a towed autonomous recorder. This system is towed with a non-conducting (rope) towline and all the electronics are ...
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Towed Hydrophone Array Hardware Options
Two additional companies that provide much of the towed array system leasing in the U.S. are Seiche and MSEIS!
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Towed Hydrophone Array Hardware Options
The Conservation Tech Directory includes a bunch of hydrophone manufacturers, but I am not a marine bioacoustician so I don't proclaim to make any recommendations - just wanted to point out this ...
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Towed Hydrophone Array Hardware Options
Re: purchasing and rental - check out Vanishing Point Marine (UK-based) for towed hydrophone arrays, complete with real-time monitoring capabilities.
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Towed Hydrophone Array Hardware Options
IMHO, the instructions you and Jay published (and you referenced) is by far the best method to build your own towed array. OK, electronics may need some check on availability of components, ceramics ...
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Bearings on PAMGuard
For a problem like this, you may be better off contacting PAMGuard support: [email protected], ideally uploading a small sample of data and we'll take a look.
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The preamplifier in PAMGuard
You have to set the gain in the Magrec HP/27ST (Topeside amplifier filter unit)
In your case set the HP/27ST to a gain of 30 dB.
Caveat: I'm not a Magrec HP03 user but looked up the Web site.
As side ...
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