Parabolic Mic Help

[paulears]

A few years ago, at a local attraction they set up an interesting thing - a pair of huge ex-telecoms dishes, pointing at each other, across a small lake, and at the focal point of each one was a little platform so you could put your ear or mouth up to the LNB mounting position. They were probably 3.5 to 4m in diameter, and you could have a conversation with somebody on the other side of the water - still very speech band, rather low fi - but quite amazing.

 

[Noiz2]

They had something similar at the EXPLORATORIUM in San Francisco. Not as great a distance but shooting across a crowded noisy environment. You could whisper and be heard.

 

[Aaron Jones]

I really appreciate all of your guy's input it is really helpful. I was going to order the mic above Richard suggested then I ran across this one HERE. It seems to be practical for this application.

Professional XLR Cannon Male 3 Pin -Tie Clip-On Lapel Lavalier Microphone


(For professional camera / camcorder equipment where XLR is the external microphone connection.
This microphone is compatible on all phantom power 48V volt XLR systems - professional video camera's,
Mixer, Mixing desks, Amplifiers, Zoom H4N Handheld recorder ... e.t.c. )




Cable: 5M Long. (about 197inch)

Description:
Professional XLR Lapel microphone
High quality microphone capsule with Omni-Directional polar pattern With windscreen
Mic Diameter, external: Only 6mm
Frequency response: 15 Hz to 16 kHz
SPL: max. 132 dB
Supply voltage: Phantom power 9-52V
Impedance: 2000 Ω

Sensitivity: -45 dB

 

[Richard Crowley]

Yes that Ebay microphone looks good for this application. Let us know how it works out.