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Terrestrial use of Hydromoth

Hello!

Can anyone think of a reason why hydromoths should not be used in terrestrial applications? It seems that the main differences from AM are adjustable gain ssettings and the magnetic switch. The waterproof case is also valuable for terrestrial deployments. Am I missing a key difference in the technical specs?

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Alex Rogers

May 15

Hi, The HydroMoth has a slightly more accurate real-time clock, a repositioned LED to show up better in the case, an internal magnetic switch and no GPIO or 3.5mm headers on the front (as it is intended to always be deployed in the underwater case). In all other respects, including the microphone, audio front-end and gain settings, it is identical to AudioMoth. You can deploy HydroMoth in the standard case and the recordings will be identical to those captured by Audiomoth. Alex

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Alex Rogers

May 16

Replying to

Should also add that the underwater case has no acoustic vent so sensitivity is greatly reduced when deployed in air. Deploying the HydroMoth electronics in the standard case is identical to deploying AudioMoth in the standard case.