recording ultra low frequency ULF
recording ultra low frequency ULF
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i want to record ultra low frequency ULF with a sound card on a PC and be able to play it back. the frequency is in the range of 4-10 Hz. is there any equipment readily available to do this? or any suggestions how to make one? i have read where you can do this with a transducer but i don't know how to make it.
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RE: recording ultra low frequency ULF
I think the signal will be swamped by 50Hz/60Hz mains pickup so you will need to filter out those components using a low pass filter. Given that you want to see 10Hz and not see 50Hz the filter will need to have a steep roll-off characteristic. In technical terms we would say it has to have 3 poles or more. You can then use a freely available software program on your pc to record the signal via the sound card. I like "Wavepad" (http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/)
RE: recording ultra low frequency ULF
Little ferrite loaded am radio antennas are typically 4 inches long for 1 Mhz frequency, so that makes your antenna 400,000 inches long, or 6 miles long.
This must be acoustic or you already have the signal in coax. somewhere and just need electronics to A/D convert it and store it, I hope.
kch
RE: recording ultra low frequency ULF
http://smsc.cnes.fr/DEMETER/
http://smsc.cnes.fr/DEMETER/GP_actualite.htm
There are some "receivers" and "antennas" described in the files section of the Yahoo ULF/ELF forum.
There is a receiver diagram at the ELFRAD site
http://www.elfrad.com/
"Receivers and Antennas" page. The antenna page discusses using an "earth" antenna, but other members of this group are using large inductor coils as antennas.
You might do a search on the acronym CSAMT (Controller-Source Audio-Frequency Magnetotelluric) for commercial transmitters, receivers and antennas for the below 10 Hz range.
There are no FCC controls on emissions at these low frequencies, thus detected "emissions" can be either from natural or artificial sources. The CSAMT transmitters are at 15 KW plus and I don't think anybody is determining just how far their "pulses" are transmitted.