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      • Antennas, Cables, and Dongles
      • Power
      • Parts list and suppliers
    • Installation guide
      • Antenna and Coax Assembly
        • Laird Yagi
        • Intermod/Maple Leaf Yagi
        • Intermod Omni
      • Solar Power
      • Building-bracketed Lattice Tower
      • Rock Anchored Lattice Tower
      • Tripod and Pop-up Mast
      • Grounding Antennas
      • Storage Container
    • Downloading Data
    • Station Inspection
      • Antenna Inspection
      • Up time and detectability
      • Parts description
      • Noisy Stations
      • Testing Receiver Antenna Ranges Using a Tag
    • General tips
    • Appendix
      • Receiver power consumption table
      • Tool descriptions
      • Part descriptions
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    • Tag Basics
    • How Tags Work
    • Selecting and Purchasing Tags
    • Tag Deployment
      • Instructional Videos
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    • Appendix
      • Tag Harness Sizes
      • Retrieving lost tags
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  • Receivers
    • SensorGnome User Guides
    • Lotek SRX 800 User Guide
    • CTT SensorStation User Guide
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  • Glossary
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  1. About Motus
  2. Quick Reference

Definitions

See Appendix C for parts lists, pictures, and descriptions

Term
Definition

Collaborators

Any person who uses Motus for research, education, or otherwise

Receiver

A computer designed to receive radio signals

Receiver deployment

Describes a single setup of a receiver station. This includes information such as: number, types, directions, and heights of antennas; location of station, receiver listening frequency, computer serial numbers, type of antenna mounting structure. Deployments are registered on Motus.org.

Station

Encompasses all receiver deployments at a single location.

Coax

Coaxial cable, typically used to connect antennas to receivers.

CTT

Cellular Tracking Technologies (i.e.; one of the companies that makes tags and receivers).

Lotek

One of the companies that makes tags and receivers.

Antenna mount

The part which connects the antenna to the mounting structure. Typically a metal plate with U-bolts.

Antenna mounting structure

Usually a mast, but can be anything imaginable, such as a guard rail, a tree, or a wall.

Mast

Tripod

A three-legged structure used to support a mast. Usually 10-feet (3 m) tall (TRM-10L).

Angle iron

Can be steel or aluminum. Angled piece of metal typically used to affix solar panels to tripods.

Mast collar

A ring around the mast typically used to affix guy lines.

DMX

A triangular tower structure used for more permanent installations. Usually requires a concrete footing or a building for support.

Non-penetrating Roof Mount

A type of mast mount which does not require anchoring. Typically used on flat roofs. See non-penetrating roof mounts.

SensorGnome

Open source receiver developed at the Phil Taylor Lab, Acadia University.

CTT SensorStation

Receiver made by Cellular Tracking Technologies

Lotek SRX

SRX-series receiver made by Lotek Wireless Ltd.

Tag

A radio transmitter made by Lotek or Cellular Tracking Technologies.

Tag deployment

The time period of when a tag was activated and in the field.

Motus Network

A collaborative network of receivers, transmitters, partners, and researchers which use radio telemetry to study animal movement.

Galvanic Corrosion

When two dissimilar metals meet in a corrosive electrolyte (salt water), the more reactive metal will corrode much more quickly than normal. Aluminum when in contact with steel.

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A structure used to mount antennas. Typically a metal pipe and often telescopic (pop-up), such as the masts.

20A and 50A