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<\/a>Mono amplifier board (L) and MP3 playback board (R)<\/p><\/div>\n
This system weighs a LOT less than the larger SLA battery-powered system. \u00a0An external 16550 charger is used to charge the batteries.<\/p>\n
The next iteration of this thing will probably use an even simpler MP3 module I just bought; it includes an amplifier on-board. \u00a0It remains to be seen whether or not this new board’s amplifier is sufficiently powerful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Over the years I’ve built and used a number of audio lure systems for Saw-whet banding. At Holiday Beach, around 2001-2002, we used a cassette deck and a P.A. amplifier; we had power in the banding station, so we ran a long cable out to a speaker at the nets. \u00a0We used endless-loop answering machine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[10,4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio-lure","category-general","category-photos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90R5U-4J","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":763,"url":"https:\/\/owls.taiga.com\/?p=763","url_meta":{"origin":293,"position":0},"title":"Inexpensive DIY Owl Lure","date":"September 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"An audio lure for owl banding can be constructed from a few inexpensive \/ commonly-available parts. 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A station can\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Banding Results"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/owls.taiga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":194,"url":"https:\/\/owls.taiga.com\/?p=194","url_meta":{"origin":293,"position":3},"title":"Start of 2015 banding season","date":"August 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"It's almost time to start banding owls again. \u00a0I typically start banding during the last week in August. Today I got the central triangle of nets set up, with the usual hassle of trying to set up nets interleaved on one pole while working alone. \u00a0Fortunately I still had three\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":183,"url":"https:\/\/owls.taiga.com\/?p=183","url_meta":{"origin":293,"position":4},"title":"First snow","date":"October 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"We had the first snow that stuck a few days ago- there's still about half an inch covering the net lanes. \u00a0Weather (and a dead audio lure battery) limited banding for the last several days. 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