NEWS AND NEW PRODUCTS

News and Announcements

AVM now accepts PayPal payments in addition to the standard credit cards.

AVM now accepts PayPal payments. PayPal enables any individual or business with an email address to securely, easily and quickly send and receive payments online. PayPal’s service builds on the existing financial infrastructure of bank accounts and credit cards and utilizes the world’s most advanced proprietary fraud prevention systems to create a safe, global, real-time payment solution.

PayPal has 35 million account members worldwide. Available in 38 countries around the world, buyers and sellers on eBay, online retailers, online businesses, as well as traditional offline businesses are transacting with PayPal. PayPal was acquired by eBay in October, 2002.

AVM accepts Paypal, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and GSA Smart Cards.


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All orders placed through AVM's website order form are run through a secure server so that all credit card information is encrypted before being transmitted, providing the best security possible.

GSA Contract good through 2009

AVM's GSA Contract for the supply of radiotelemetry equipment to all agencies of the US Government is good through the year 2009 and has a maximum per-order limit of $75,000. AVM has held this contract continuously for over 25 years. AVM accepts all federal credit cards for these purchases.

New Products and Products of Special Note

Cockroach Transmitter


Hissing Cockroach with G3-1V transmitter module
Research and Picture by Benjamin Aldrich, Kansas State University

Cockroach Transmitter
Cockroach Transmitter
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The G3-1V Transmitter: Miniature Power
Extraordinary longevity, economical current consumption and miniaturized size are the characteristics of this new little transmitter that puts out power like a two-staged amplified transmitter...because it is an amplified two-staged transmitter. Check out the specifications and size chart for our new G3-1V Transmitter.

Perimeter Loop Transmitter: It appears to have no antenna.
The Perimeter Loop Module and the Perimeter Loop Collar have no apparent external antennas. A single, fine wire is run around the perimeter of the transmitter and battery and capacitively tuned to radiate signal as a loop antenna.

AVM’S Remarkable new EZ-Fit Collars®
If you are confounded by the potential size range of your study animals and would like to have the flexibility to adjust a mid-sized collar over a wide range, the ability to make it a drop-off or an expandable collar yourself, without having to decide what you want before ordering, be sure to check out the specifications and size chart for our new EZ-Fit Collars.

G3 Transmitter
The G3 is AVM's newest miniaturized 2-stage transmitter. The G3 is a great replacement for the SM1-H in many modules, including all but the smallest chelonian transmitters. New temperature monitoring technology allows the G3 Transmitter to optionally be built to monitor temps without addition of weight or size. Be sure to see the specs for the G3 Transmitter in the Transmitters and Batteries section.

LA12-Q Radiotelemetry Receiver
AVM's LA12-Q Receiver has met with great acceptance in the market place since its debut in 1997. We have continually upgraded and refined its design to meet the needs of our clientele.

Our most recent upgrade is a redesign of the front end or pre-amplifier, to protect the receiver from surges of spurious high power RF signal.

Upgrades with which older models of the LA12-Q can be retrofitted are: AVM's LA12-Q Receiver is 1/2 the price (starting at $799) and 1/4 the weight (810 grams) of its predecessor, the LA12-DS. It has more special features than many receivers on the market over twice its price. These standard features include: See the section on Receivers for detailed specs of the LA12-Q Receiver.

AVM's SLEEPER Transmitter
Sleeper Transmitters, transmitters that can turn themselves on and off, are now available. Contact AVM to plan the custom programming that will work best for your project. See more complete information on the Sleeper Transmitter in the Transmitters and Batteries section.

News from Clients

AVM equipment used to demonstrate wildlife management to
Barnwell Elementary School.

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Jody Childs of The Natural Resources, Science, Math, and Engineering Education Program (NRSMEEP) helps students from Barnwell Elementary School, Aiken, South Carolina, find a wild turkey with AVM telemetry equipment. He's teaching them some basic wildlife management concepts to groups of school children at the DOE's Savannah River Site. NRSMEEP is a cooperative effort between the University of South Carolina at Aiken, the Department of Energy, and the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service to develop a permanent program utilizing resources available at the Department of Energy's Savannah River Site.

California Condor Reintroduction Project

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The US Fish and Wildlife Service has recently made a CD available with photos from the California Condor Reintroduction project. AVM has done both the patagial tag and tail mount transmitters for this project since it began back in the 1980's, using the Andean Condors to simulate the behavior of the California Condors.

Flying Squirrels in West Virginia

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"The flying squirrel collars (BR Collars) worked out great this summer.
They were easy to put on...and the range was perfect."