Thread: DIY Steel Plate Impact Detection

Originally Posted by janleroux

I tried microphones on my beehives some time ago, where I thought I could determine bee activity inside the hive, but the wind created havoc on my setup - so much so that I binned that idea. Here in Wellington I got such a range from no wind days, to typical Wellington days where the mic was complete useless because of wind noise. I am saying days, but some days we have all the seasons in one day. I suspect that having the gongs out on the hills will create similar challenges.

Yes, good point. I was assuming zero other noise, which in hindsight isn't practical.