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Peregrine Falcon Questions: From South Dakota
Holter, Mary (mholter@msmailgw.sdsmt.edu)
Thu, 29 Feb 1996 00:15:43 -0600
1. What sort of design is the harness that is used to mount the
transmitter. Current wildlife management and falconry literature shows the
mounting of the transmitter to be somewhat of a debate. Some, such as B. A.
Kinsey suggest that the backpack design is best, since it centers the weight
of the transmitter over the bird's center of gravity, but haven't yet
figured out how to do it effectively. What was your solution to the
problem that makes it work for you? If the answer is available in a
book-in-print, please let us know which one.
2. How do you get the small transmitter to be programmable to only transmit
every 20 days?
3. What sort of batteries do they use, NiCad, Mercury, solar?
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