
PeerSonic Ultrasound Microphone Tester
The Peersonic Ultrasound Microphone Tester The microphone tester will emit a series of frequencies over the ultrasonic spectrum to give a reasonable check that equipment is operating satisfactorally before deployment in the field. Microphones can degrade, mainly due to humidity or direct saturation, although they can recover by drying, there is a tendency for the response to diminish at higher frequencies. Other testers available elsewhere simply let you know the microphone receives a signal. Testing at a fixed frequency, eg 40 or 60kHz alone is not sufficient and can inadvertently send you to the field with partially working microphones that heavily bias your results. You can pretty much forget about confirming some high frequency species such as Northern long-ear bats in this situation. This tester can be used with -all- brands of bat detectors including Binary Acoustics, Elekon, Pettersson, Titley, Wildlife Acoustics, and any other detector that records sound files, zero