Ocean Sonics RB9 Hydrophone
Monitor and record underwater audio using the Ocean Sonics RB9 Hydrophone. Capable of identifying a wide range of frequencies, ROV pilots can record something as low as the Earth’s tectonic movements all the way up to the powerful sounds of different marine species.
Ocean Sonics RB9 Hydrophone
Monitor and record underwater audio using the Ocean Sonics RB9 Hydrophone. Capable of identifying a wide range of frequencies, ROV pilots can record something as low as the Earth’s tectonic movements all the way up to the powerful sounds of different marine species.
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Real-time monitoring
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Integrated into BRIDGE
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Mountable to DTG3 & REVOLUTION ROVs
Underwater passive listening device for listening and recording audio from wide range of frequencies
Customers use this device in ocean science applications where they are monitoring species patterns and health by listening for them, it is additional data on top of visual data and sample data to help identify species behaviour and trends. The Hydrophone mounts to the top or bottom of the DTG3, or the bottom of the REVOLUTION ROV.
Ocean Sonics RB9 Hydrophone Signal Performance
| Resolution | 16 or 24 |
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| Maximum Data Rate | 512 |
| Minimum Data Rate | 1 |
| +/- 3 dB bandwidth | 200 |
| Low Frequency Cuto | 10 |
| Minimum Self Noise | 39 |
| Voltage Sensitivity | -176 |
| Peak Input Level (μPa) | 182 |
| Dynamic range, 1.0 Hz BW | 146 |
| Peak Input Level (Volts) | 6 |
| Sigma Delta Modulator Rate | 16.384 |
| Full Bandwidth Dynamic Range | 90 |
| Dynamic range, Spectrogram, Full BW | 119 |
| Digital Sensitivity, 16-bit, count2 / μPa2 | -95 |
| Digital Sensitivity, 24-bit, count2 / μPa2 | -47 |
Ocean Sonics RB9 Hydrophone Mechanical
| Mass (Plastic Case) | 478 |
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| Volume (Displacement) | 332 |
| Overal Length, including connector | 318 |
| Sensor Element Length | 117 |
| Body (Can) Length | 165 |
| Element Diameter | 16 |
| Body Diameter | 48 |
