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Post by Weasel on Mar 1, 2005 21:38:40 GMT -5
Yup, That's the only time I have needed it too. They have incredible camo in the forest floor when they are mantled over their quarry.
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Post by rt on Mar 4, 2005 17:48:02 GMT -5
I just use bells on my rt and I never had any problems but my bird works close to me anyways so I dont need it and if I lose her there are tons of rt out there, but in honesty if I were to fly a exspensive bird I would invest in telemetry.
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Post by Weasel on Mar 4, 2005 18:58:50 GMT -5
Well, as Murphy's law has it, I will lose the bird the day AFTER the trapping season ends....  |
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Post by Strider on Mar 4, 2005 22:18:39 GMT -5
Man that would suck.
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Post by Tiercel78 on Mar 5, 2005 0:00:51 GMT -5
From my expirence Marshall puts out one of the best transmitters on the market. L.L. is probally secound to them as far as quaility. As for recievers I've used Merlins and Min-10's which have worked great. I haven't had/used anything since I worked at the conservancey. When I was young me and a friend got training on them by playing hide and seek. Plus, the many years of flying educational falcons at the conservancey. The combination of the two have giving me loads of knowledge on usage. Right now, I'm trying to figure out which reciever I want to buy. I've heard mixed emotions about the marshall recievers. So, who has expirence with the Marshall recievers?
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Post by frootdog on Mar 7, 2005 1:47:54 GMT -5
I just use bells on my rt and I never had any problems but my bird works close to me anyways so I dont need it and if I lose her there are tons of rt out there, but in honesty if I were to fly a exspensive bird I would invest in telemetry. That is kind of attitude that really irks me. You have a responsibility to your bird to do everything in your power to make sure they are safe and healthy. You won't have any problems until you loose your bird, then you will wish you had it. I did not use telemetry until the day I got my bird back after she was gone for 8 days. If I had not been in a wooded area and IF she had not been chased off by a pair of Red shoulders I would not have lost her, but i did. I did not think it would be that big of a deal until it happened, and then I kind of freaked. My bird would take someone's small dog or large cat in a heart beat. She was also WAY too used to humans to be released. This was evident by the fact that she came back to me 150 grams heavier than her ideal flying wieght. It takes a certain amount of counter conditioning before a bird is ready to release back to the wild. Just the fact that they can hunt and fend for themselves will not do. There is no such thing as a disposable hawk. I don't mean to be confrontational, maybe that is not what you really meant, but remember anyone can log on and read what you write including non-falconers. We can not have a lackadaisical attitude about the birds we care for. |
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Post by Weasel on Jun 22, 2005 15:53:08 GMT -5
I just ordered a set of telemetry this morning. It's the R-400 by Communication Specialties
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Post by musketthrowa on Aug 26, 2005 9:09:46 GMT -5
I am purchasing a new marshall setup in the next week or two. I have an old reciever and am going to upgrade and use my old one as a backup.
I would be very interested to hear from anyone who has an opinion on this setup as it is going to cost me a small fortune and would rather hear peoples opinions before I hand money over!
Thanks in advance for any info received.
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