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Accessories for 2008

If one of your resolutions is to better organize your telemetry equipment before the 2008 season gets underway, this page will give you some great ideas. If you've been wanting to finally build a more complete telemetry system with quality accessories, you'll find them here. And if you've been considering a new mounting method and need tail-mounts or tools, or the new TrackPack Harness, you'll also find them here.

You can protect your receiver with our Desert Hardcase or take it with you in to the field using our Cordura Holster. Add an OMNI roof mount antenna for the extended chase or the Homing Beacon vehicle locator to safely find your way back to the truck at night or in a snowstorm after a search for a hawk. From batteries at wholesale prices to replacement antennas to premium headphones and tail-piece tools, you'll find everything you need to update and make your telemetry system complete.

The accessories below are arranged into three main groups:

    1- items to complete your current system

    2- items for your vehicle

    3- misc maintenance items, such as batteries and replacement parts.

When you've found what you want, click on the "add to cart" link below the price shown for each item. The accessory will be added to your On Line Order.

 


Items to Complete Your System:

Padded Cordura Softcase

Adapted from a design used to protect expensive firearms, our Cordura softcase lets you keep the receiver and transmitters protected and all together in one convenient place.

Custom foam insert matches the profile of the receiver. Additional cut outs and internal pockets to keep all the small things where you can find them: extra batteries, antennas, battery tester, car adaptor, etc. Designed to ride with you inside the vehicle.

$85.00 



Desert Hard Case
This case takes protection to another level. Airtight, waterproof and pretty much bombproof, you can let this thing tumble around the back of a hawking rig all season long, equipment safely inside, and spray it off at the carwash to look brand new again.

With custom foam inserts, this Hardcase lets you protect and keep the receiver and transmitters all together in one convenient, safe place.

Field Marshall version shown here allows room for headphones (always a good idea) with accessories. Model for new FM1000 has space for ear buds instead of full size headphones.

$175.00

Stealth version allows room for Marshall headphones and accessories. Includes deluxe velour foam.

$175.00 (out-of-stock)




Premium Cordura Field Holster
Specially commissioned for Marshall Radio by respected Czech designer Stanislav Menclik, these all new padded holsters can be worn over the shoulder or around the waist. An external zip up pouch holds transmitters & batteries. Snap on top is now clam shell design to cover the entire top and protect the receiver in bad weather. New wider shoulder strap unsnaps at either end with one hand.

$65.00



     




 

Marshall Aluminum Tail-Pieces
These are the new generation, ultra-lightweight, solder-free, tail-mount pieces that are now used by so many falconers world-wide. Machined in-house here at Marshall Radio from a special aircraft aluminum alloy, then anodized for color and protection, they are 1/3 the weight of the soldered brass predecessor.

If you're planning to use a Tail Mount this season, these tiny, lightweight machined parts are the answer for exactness and quality. And, using the Genuine Marshall Installation tool (shown below), the installation is quick and easy.

There are five sizes to fit most all birds:

Small: Sharpshin, Merlin with Micro Transmitters

Medium: Gyrkin, Peregrine, Harris', Male Goshawks

Micro/medium: Medium sized birds where a Micro is to be used. So, medium on the bottom, with Micro size on the top.

Large: Female Gos, Female Gyrfalcon

Xxtra Large: Eagles

$9.00


 

NEW: TrackPack Mounting System
This is the 'ready-to-go kit' for the BackPack mounting method you've been hearing about this season. Starting with a gently curved Mounting Plate machined from UV-protected Delrin plastic, we add 36 inches of small width Teflon tubular ribbon and a small brass crimping ring produced just for this purpose that's internally threaded for maximum bite into the ribbon when making the final setting.

Simply use either flat needle-nose pliers or your existing MRT Tail-piece crimping tool to set the ring in place once the harness is correctly fitted.

There are now three sizes: Regular size accomodates all transmitters, the Micro size for very small birds that fits only the Micro transmitter, and the new XL (Eagle) size with 18 more inches of ribbon.

Also available is the Re-Installation Kit, containing 36 inches of Teflon ribbon and the threaded crimping ring. Choose one of these items from the drop-down list after clicking on the 'add to cart' button below.

Also be sure to read through the Installation instructions here on-line and/or have someone who has already installed a harness there to help if it's your first time.

Customer Comments about the TrackPack

$35.00 (out-of-stock)



 

Marshall Tail-Piece Installation Tool
Machined in-house to exacting tolerances, the tail-piece tool makes the process of mounting up your bird quick and easy. Designed to match exactly the elliptical shape of the quill when closed, the final result when crimping is a snug fit. It's also self-centering in the upright position on the feather. With the internal grooves machined on the inside of the crimped end, they are used by many without glue or epoxy. Clean yet permanent.

$35.00



 

High grade Head Phones
This accessory should be part of every telemetry set. The internal speaker on a receiver is fine for tuning in a signal before flight, but when it comes to tracking a weak signal in wind, next to the highway or in a car, headphones make all the difference.

Inexpensive cupping headphones from any audio outlet are a good start. But for those demanding the very best, this is the ultra premium, full metal cupping design for loud, noisy environments (rock concerts). So it offers 30+ db of audio attenuation.

This is a collapsible design that can also fit in to your Desert Hardcase.

$135.00




Items for the Vehicle:

  Homing Beacon
The number of reasons to be lost when chasing your bird or dog away from the car or truck are numerous: darkness, snowstorms, or fog.

With the Homing Beacon clipped to your visor and hooked up to the OMNI on the roof, you'll quickly find your way back to the vehicle

Magnetic on/off switch, blinking LED, low battery indicator, puts out a triple pulse not to be confused with any other transmitters. Uses common AA batteries.

$175.00 (out-of-stock)



 

Omni Directional Whip Antenna
Falconers have used OMNI's for many years to determine proximity from inside a moving car as they cover an area tracking their birds. This model is a higher quality (slightly more gain) version of the well known design. Comes with 10 foot coax cable.

$65.00


       

 


 

Cigarette Lighter Adapter
This small accessory inserts into any car plug and runs the receiver while bypassing (saving) the internal batteries. An important item when on extended chases in the car with the receiver hooked up to the OMNI.

$9.00




Other Items:

 

Volume Prices on Batteries
Wholesale prices shown below are due to the volumes in which we buy batteries for both in-house testing/burn-in of every transmitter and sales worldwide.

One example is the 399: at Radio Shack there sold at $2.98 each. Here you'll find them for 75 cents!

Check back regularly since prices can change at any time. Shelf life for lithium batteries: 5-7 years, so it's wise to stock up.

399 Silver Oxide (for BP): $0.75   

CR 1225 Lithium (for Micro): $2.00

CR 1/3N Lithium (for RT): $2.50   

CR1632 Lithium (for PowerMax): $2.00

CR2032 Lithium (for Scout): $1.00    

9V Lithium (for Stealth Receiver): $8.50



 

Spare Antenna
A straight antenna is important to the process of producing a strong signal. If your antennas are kinked, curled and have been straightened out for the last time, you might consider getting a new one to maintain peak performance. Field replaceable antennas screw directly on to the transmitter antenna stud.

RT+ and PowerMax use a 2-56 threaded 6061 aluminum ferrule with 90 lb test nylon coated stainless steel cable. The Micro uses a 0-80 thread aluminum ferrule, and comes in two gauges (comes with light, but can use regular for larger birds).

$9.00



 

Replacement lids for Transmitters
Although designed to last forever, from time to time you may find you need a replacement lid for your transmitter. The replacement lid for the BP can also be laser engraved with REWARD or a phone number for an extra $10.

 Scout: $20.00     RT: $15.00     PM: $15.00



 

Tail Springs
Posts on the underside of the transmitter case allow you to easily change a damaged tail spring wire if needed. One replacement spring design fits the BP and PowerMax. Replacement springs for the RT+ require a tiny washer. Springs for the Micro are much lighter gauge. Simply specify which one when you order.

Copies of our design (shown to the left) have been sold in the market recently, but genuine Marshall springs are made from heat treated stainless steel to exact measurements that fit the tail-pieces precisely.

$5.00



 

Hand Held Collapsible Yagi Antenna
Now you can have the next best thing to a Marshall receiver in terms of portability: our patent-pending collapsible yagi antenna.

Folding down into a compact size for the best portability, it then opens up in seconds to a full-sized three element yagi array. BNC adaptor cable plugs in to your existing box-style receiver.

Rugged design proven and fine-tuned over 6 years with thousands in the field. No more wing nuts.

Hand-held antenna works for 215 MHz to 220 MHz.

$195.00



 

Field Marshall Manual
This 35-page manual is included with the purchase of every Field Marshall receiver. It's written by Dave Marshall and filled with practical tips on basic tracking. Radio propagation topics including polarization, reflections, and diffraction that often cause confusion in the field are explained and made simple to understand.

You can either download the entire manual for viewing (using Adobe Acrobat Reader), or order your own printed copy.

$5.00



 

Stealth Manual
This is the 35 page manual included with the purchase of every Stealth receiver. In addition to operational instructions about using the Stealth, it's filled with practical tips on basic tracking.

Written by Dave Marshall, such topics as radio propagation are made simple including polarization, reflections, diffraction that often cause confusion in the field.

You can either download the entire manual for viewing (using Adobe Acrobat Reader), or order your own printed copy. (included with receiver purchase)

 $5.00


 

"Gyrfalcon" by Emma Ford
By a stroke of good fortune, we have found a 'lost stack' of this sought after book, which is now sold out in England. With research and writing by Emma Ford, chapters by Dr. Tom Cade and Robert Berry, original artwork by Antony Rhodes and Andrew Ellis commissioned specifically for the book, together with stunning new photography, it has become a must own for falconers worldwide.

A significant addition to any falconer's library to be enjoyed over and over.

 $95.00


customers say l fantastic new artwork




 

"The Life & Times of Gerald Richards"
A captivating DVD about the life of one of our most respected falconers, Gerald Richards. This DVD is sponsored by the 2005 NAFA Meet in Vernal Utah and was produced by the Utah Falconers Association.

 $25.00

 

 

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