應該有多少架放大器在一個燕屋農場裏 How Many Amplifiers Should a Swiftlet Farm Have?

最常問的問題，"應該有多少架放大器在一個燕屋農場裏?"

對這一問題可以有很多的答案，但是對我來說，我堅持事實、 常識和最重要的是實際上燕子想要什麼。

我的建議很簡單，每個樓應該有一架放大器，另外一個用於外聲。優點是：

1） 沒有超載。超載的放大器不能產生良好品質的聲音。給一個載多過150個高音喇叭的任何放大器(不管它的瓦特有多大）它的聲音品質一定會降低。即使一些聲稱可以承受 300個高音喇叭或更多，但是在聲音品質，它一定受到影響。

2）。在某种情況下，那個高音喇叭的接線有缺陷或出現短路，如果哪一樓是沒有聲音 （內部聲音） 其他的兩層樓仍有聲音。所以你不用擔心你的燕子們會跑到你鄰居的燕屋農場。你只會去你的燕屋農場一個月一次或兩次，沒有內部的聲音對燕屋農場是不好的。

3） 各層樓都有一個放大器將使放大器更耐久，至少可以超過3年，每天24小時一個星期7天的運作。更長的壽命，內部的備件不會超負荷工作。

4） 每層樓都有一個放大器的系統將消除放大器的交替運行的計時器的使用。我相信很多人已被告知輪流使用(播放)那些放大器每8個或每12個小時時間間隔。這是為了防止過熱。很簡單，如果放大器不是重載那麽它就不會過熱。沒有重載的放大器可以24個小時/一個星期7天不間斷的運作。

5） 每層樓都有一個放大器，那些高音喇叭的佈線是非常容易於安裝和管理。我們可以知道哪些高音喇叭的接線連接到哪個放大器，如果佈線出現缺陷時可以輕鬆地確定。

以上的照片是從一個燕屋農場採用每層樓都有一個放大器的制度。使用了三架Hi-Nest放大器。其實上是一個很聰明的選擇。內部聲音24小時/一星期7天不停的運作。

在聲音的品質......燕子會愛你使用Hi-Nest放大器，因為它產生的聲音讓燕子很高興。

大家有好燕屋農場 ！

How Many Amplifiers Should a Swiftlet Farm Have?

The most common question asked, "How many Amplifiers should a Swiftlet farm have?"

There are many answers to this question but, for me, I stick to fact, common sense and most importantly what  the birds actually wanted.

My recommendation is simple, each floor of a Swiftlet farm should one Amplifier and another one for external sound. The advantages are:

1) No overloading. Overloaded Amplifiers don't produce good quality sound. By giving any Amplifier loaded with more than 150 tweeters (immaterial of how big the Watt is) its sound quality will deteriorate. Even though some claimed to withstand 300 tweeters or more, but in term of sound quality it will be affected.

2) . In even the  tweeters wiring connections defect or short circuit if one floor is without sound ( Internal sound) the other two floors still have sound. So you don't have to worry about your birds running  to your neighbor's farm. You only visit your Swiftlet farm once or twice a month no internal sound is not good for Swiftlet farm.

3) Individual floor Amplifier will last longer, easily more than 3 years at least on a 24/7 run. A longer life span, as the internal parts are not overworked.

4) The system of each Amplifier per floor would eliminate the use of timers for alternate running of Amplifiers. I am sure many of you have been advised to alternately shifting (play) the Amplifiers every 8 or 12 hour interval. This is to prevent overheating. Simple if the Amplifier is not overloaded then it won't be overheated. No overloaded Amplifiers can run 24/7 non-stop.

5) With each floor having an Amplifier, the Tweeter wiring is much easy to install and manage. We know which Tweeter wiring is connected to which Amplifier, and in the event of wiring defect it can be easily identified.

The above picture is from a Swiftlet farm adopting a system of each Amplifier per floor. Three HI-NEST Amplifiers were used. A smart choice indeed. The internal sound runs 24/7 non-stop.

In terms of sound quality.... Swiftlets will love you for using the Hi-Nest Amplifier because the sound it produces make Swiftlets happy.

Good Swiftlet farming All!

相信不該相信的人 BELIEVING THE WRONG PERSON

我已經推遲了對這個參觀好幾次了。C先生再次的提醒了我。不管怎麽樣我還得做了。

"James，你什麼時候來參觀我的燕屋農場?"

"哦，C先生....很快......很快...這個星期如何?"

"確定......James我會等你哦。別忘了給我打電話"。

一個一層半的燕屋農場位於巴生谷不遠的地方。一個還蠻好的養燕地方而且他的鄰居們有幾個還幹得很好呢。

就是這樣啓發了他去做燕屋農場。這是2年前多的事了。身為一位技術人員的他，實際上 DIY從燕屋農場的結構工作到安裝木板，就是從一些所謂眾所周知的師父和朋友們的一些指導。

一個狗洞的設計，從外面看起來還蠻好的。裡面呢? 始終是兩個不同的故事。超過2年現在這個燕屋農場甚至連一個燕窩都沒有。

這個燕屋農場有什麼奇怪的地方...它甚至連一堆燕子屎也沒有。這怎麼可能呢？

為了要幫他，我需要這個燕屋農場的所有資訊。

"C先生，你必須跟我說實話。告訴我，你在這個燕屋農場所做或所放的所有事情和東西。我需要知道所有這些我才可以幫你"。

其中一個最大的問題之一是他用鴨蛋和燕子屎混合然後凃在牆上。

我問他，為什麼你這麼做，你是從哪裡學來的？

他的回答是......我從網絡和朋友那裏學到的。他們說這將有助於增加燕窩。

"James，在網絡上有這麼多的香氣方程式所以我就跟著......啦。他們還說所有的燕屋農場的內部必須凃上黑漆，所以我也跟著...啦。

"那麼結果是什麼呢？C先生"

"James，最初我還看到一些燕子在裡面玩，但是使用了鴨蛋和燕子屎的混合之後，就沒有再見到它們了"。

"C先生，我們在燕屋農場所做的一切都是基於事實和燕子的行為的理解。如果一個人沒有擁有這些，很難讓他做一個很好的成功燕屋農場。下一次不要隨便跟隨別人說什麼。思想和評論先，然後看看是否有道理還是沒有。記住你的燕屋農場不是其他人的白老鼠"。

（就算有最佳的防盜措施有如何，也不能吸引燕子做燕窩)

C先生是受到誤導。不是所有的燕屋農場內部的牆壁都需要凃上黑漆。一個簡單的解釋就是"內部是否太亮有太亮的光度?"如果是那就需要，但是只是在受影響的地方，而不是整個燕屋農場凃上黑漆。

這並不是新鮮事，很多在外面的師父還是堅持，所有新建的燕屋農場內部必須凃上黑漆。它變成了一個規範或強制性的標準操作程式。

爲什麽C先生的燕屋農場是那麽的亮呢？(其初這個燕屋農場的確是非常明亮)這是因為它的設計。狗洞入口是直接面對第二個入口洞好像一條直線. C先生說這是一位聲稱眾所周知的師傅教他的。

從入口洞的光可以直接照耀到第二個入口，這樣使做窩區變得明亮。在這種情況下，環繞區的目的被這個設計作廢。

環繞區的作用也是作為屏障來減低光的密度和風。我相信很多人從未想過這一點，只是想到環繞區是讓燕子可以發揮的地方，很多師父仍然堅持這個原則。

因爲它差勁的設計，這個燕屋農場不得不被塗上黑漆來減少光。一旦它被凃上黑漆，這個燕屋農場整個是在完全黑暗中。完全黑暗的危險是，燕子找不到出路尤其是幼燕子。

有這麼多的通風孔。主要的原因是爲了要讓燕屋農場冷卻下來。它被錯誤地了解。通風孔-不是為了冷卻燕屋農場的。而太多的通風孔讓熱空氣帶入燕屋農場。

當我在燕屋農場的時候，被發現更多和更多的錯誤。難怪沒有燕子屎。不會有燕子會想留在這個燕屋農場的。這是令人困惑。白色的PVC管子作為通風孔。當所有的門都被關閉時，眩目的白色PVC管子可以清楚地看到。幼燕子會飛向這個眩光然後撞向這些管子誤認為它是出口 (入口洞)。

我問C先生，"為什麼你不改用灰色的PVC管子，這樣可以降低眩光而且它們較厚"。他回答說，"我師父和朋友都強烈推薦我用白色的PVC，所以我只是跟著"。

有一些排氣孔並沒有安上3尺的PVC管子，原因是要讓更多的空氣流動。你會相信這種藉口嗎？

我叫他把所有的燈関掉和關上門。站在那裏幾分鐘和觀察。假設如果他是在危險中，無法找到出路他將往哪裏逃？

他回答說有光的地方。所以如果燕子不能找到它的出口它們會飛到明亮的白色PVC管子然後撞上它。對燕子而言，這可能是入口洞。

他被他的導師誤導燕子喜歡黑暗。也許完全黑暗是最好的。於是他把木板也凃上黑色。我很震驚地看到這個。我不知道這個直到我看到木板上的黑漆。

我們正在談論的是某种百分比的黑色而不是完完全全的黑暗。當內部被凃上黑色的時候，它將創建沒有對比。幼燕子依靠光來作為導航它們，因爲它們還沒有回聲定位。因此，應該不惜一切代價避免完全黑暗。

大部分的地方都被塗上黑漆。

甚至連天花板也不被倖免。他甚至把木版被安裝之前凃上黑漆。

內部的高音喇叭被安裝在木板的中間。我參觀過很多失敗的燕屋農場和他們分享一些相似之處，他們很多把高音喇叭安裝在木板的中間。

請注意，燕子第一個燕窩並不是作在木板的中間的。他們更喜歡作燕窩在角落。我已說過一百遍了，已經說夠了。但是一些人仍然繼續這樣做。這就是為什麼90%的燕屋農場是失敗的燕屋農場。

太少的高音喇叭......原因是，大多數舊的成功燕屋農場有很少的高音喇叭，C先生說。一些人甚至關掉內部的聲音。

是的，他是有道理的。這些燕屋農場是在10-20年前被修造的，他們有上一千的燕窩在內。新建的燕屋農場沒有上萬的燕窩在內。

他們需要模仿的舊燕屋農場的環境，所以在裏面安裝了許多高音喇叭來模仿這種環境。

等化器也被錯誤的設置。它不是根據內件聲音訊率而調整了。結果燕子不會留下來和作燕窩。

我在把高音喇叭安裝在木板的中間是誰的商標。一定是有人這樣做過，所以現在被許多人跟隨。

在角落並沒有壁角板。他被告知燕子喜歡90度的角落，但他們沒有向他解釋為什麼。燕子喜歡拐角處之間的聯接，這也就是角落。如果安裝壁角板，它將會有2條而不是一條聯接線。2條聯接線不是比1條更好嗎？

這個作窩的平臺是約5尺高。對我而言這是不必要的，有什麼用把作窩區完全充分的利用， 但是卻無法吸引燕子。

當我在裡面的時候我不能忍耐那些氨的氣味。我的鼻子是對這種刺激性的氣味是很敏感的。C先生放了幾袋的氨在裡面。這種想法也是來自朋友和師父。

這個1尺半的入口洞從環繞區到頂樓使用這個樓梯。千萬別認為燕子是愚蠢的動物。它們不是。它們決不會使用這個入口洞來飛入。如果你是那只燕子你會用這個入口洞，離地面只有4尺高。

有很多事情需要去做的。80%的分區都需要被刪除。一下牆壁必須砍拆下來。就好像是從新建立一個新的燕屋農場。我告訴C先生去做還是完蛋。他有只有兩個選擇，再空等待多10-20年或者改造整個燕屋農場，至少在六到八個月的時間，他可以收穫幾個燕窩來吃。

參觀後，我們去附近的咖啡店來總結我們的討論和調查結果。我可以看到C先生臉上的沮喪。

他問，"James，爲什麽那些人知道的那麼少卻可以假裝他們知道的很多?"

（他指那些曾經指導他打造這個燕屋農場的人)。

"James有兩個燕屋農場離我的燕屋農場只是3間，開始還比我的遲，其中一個現在有至少40個燕窩"。

"你怎麼知道C先生?"

"上個月我見到那名燕屋主。他來這裡做收穫的。我嘗試和他談話，但是他不肯說多...只是說大約有40個燕窩......，但是我看到他拿著一個袋子，哪裏至少有50個燕窩。爲什麽我的甚至連一個燕窩都沒有"。

"C先生，您的燕屋農場有很多問題......你還想期望些什麽呢？現在去做我告訴你的東西。把它當作一個教訓。從頭開始。重頭開始不是更好嗎，至少您知道你做正確了。"

"謝謝你James，今天您所教我的東西是非常有價值的。你所說得一切事情都是有道理的"。

好可悲的是，看到一些人被誤導了。有什麽辦法...他們只是喜歡相信不對的人。

大家有好燕屋農場。

BELIEVING THE WRONG PERSON

I have postponed this visit for a few times. MR.C reminded me again. I have to do it somehow. 

"James, when are you going visit my farm?" 

"Oh Mr. C...soon..very soon.. how about this week?" 

"Ok ..James I will wait for you. Don't forget to call me."

A one and a half storey Swiftlet farm located not far from Klang Valley . A reasonably good place for Swiftlet farming as few of his neighbors are doing quite well. 

This has transpired him to go into Swiftlet farming. That was more than 2 years ago. Being a technical person himself he actually DIY the farm from structural work to nesting plank installation with some guidance from some so called well known Sifus and friends

A Dog Kennel design, it looks good from the outside. What about inside? It is always two different stories. For more than 2 years now this Bh has got not even one nest.

What peculiar about this Bh is...... it has got not even a spot of birds dropping. How could that be? 

In order to help him I need to have all information about this Bh. 

"Mr.C , you have to be honest with me. Tell me all the things that you have done or put in this Bh. I have to know all these before I can help you."

One of the biggest problem was he used duck eggs and mixed them with bird shit and painted it on the wall.

I asked him, why did you do that  for and where did you learn it from?

His reply was.....I got it from the Internet and friends. They said this will help to increase nests.

"James , there are so many aroma formulas on the Internet I just follow.. lah. They also said all Bh's internal must be painted black so I also follow..lah.

"So what is outcome Mr.C?"

"James , initially I saw few birds playing inside but after using duck eggs mixed with dropping I have never seen them anymore."

" Mr.C , all the things we do in our BHs are based on facts and understanding of bird behavior. If one doesn't possess this it is very hard for him to do a good successful Swiftlet farm. Next time don't simply follow what people say. Think and evaluate them first to see whether it makes sense or otherwise. Remember your farm is not other people's guinea pig."

( What is the point of having the best thief proof  when it can't even attracts Birds to build nests) 

Mr.C was being misled. No all Swiftlet farm's internal walls have to be painted black. A simple explanation would be " is the Internal  is too bright with strong light intensity?" If yes then it has to be painted black only in the affected areas but, not the entire Swiftlet farm. 

It is not new there are still many  Sifus out there insisting that all newly built Bh internal must be painted black. It has been a norm or a standard operating procedure compulsory.

Why is Mr.C's Swiftlet farm so bright ? ( Initially this Swiftlet farm was very bright) It is because of its design. The Dg Entrance hole is directly opposite the second entrance hole in a straight line .Mr. C claimed a well known Sifu taught him this.

The light from the Entrance hole could shine directly through the second entrance making the nesting areas bright. In this case the design defeated the purpose of the roving area.

Roving area also works as a barrier to reduce light density and wind.I believe many never thought of this other than thinking the roving area  is a place for birds to play which many Sifus still hold on to this principle. 

Because of its poor design this Bh has to be painted black to reduce the glare. Once it is painted black this Swiftlet farm is in total darkness. The danger of total darkness is, birds couldn't find its way out especially young birds.

 There are so many Ventilation holes. The main reason is to cool down the Swiftlet farm. It was wrongly misunderstood. The vent - hole is not for the purpose of cooling the Bh. Instead with too many Vent-hole they bring hot air into the farm.

As I was inside the Swiftlet farm more and more mistakes were discovered. No wonder there are no bird droppings. No birds would want to stay in this Bh. It is confusing. White PVC pipes are used as Vent - holes. When all doors are closed the glare from the White PVC pipes can be seen clearly . Young birds would charge to this glare and bang on them mistaken it as an exit ( Entrance hole).

I asked Mr.C, "why didn't you use the Gray PVC pipe instead which could reduce glare and they have thicker wall" . He replied , "my Sifus and friends strongly recommended the White PVC so I just followed".

Some of this Vent holes were not fixed with a 3 foot PVC pipe reason was to allow more air to flow in. Would you buy this excuse?

I asked him to switch off all lights and close the door .Stand there for a few minutes and observe. Assuming if he is in danger and can't find the way out where would he run to?

 He replied the areas that have got light. So if the birds cannot find its way out they too would fly to the bright White PVC pipe and bang on it. To them that might be the entrance hole.

He was made to believe from his mentors that birds like it dark. Perhaps total darkness is the best. So he painted the planks black. I was shocked to see this. I didn't know about this until I see the planks. 

We are talking about a certain percentage of darkness not total darkness. When the internal is painted black it creates no contrast. Young birds rely on light to navigate as they yet to develop echolocation. Therefore total darkness should be avoided at all cost.

Most of the areas were painted in black. 

Even the ceiling is not spared. He even painted them black before installing the nesting planks. 

The internal tweeters were installed in the middle of the planks. I have visited many failed Bhs and they shared some similarity, most of them having tweeters installed in the middle of the planks.

 Note, birds don't build  their first nests in the middle of the planks. They prefer to build it at the corners. I have said this a hundred times and had said enough. But people still continue to do so. That is why 90% Swiftlet farm failed. 

Too few tweeters..... Reason was most old successful Swiftlet farms have very few tweeters claimed Mr.C. Some of them even switched off the internal sound. 

Yes he got a point there. Those farms were built 10-20 years ago and they have thousand of nests inside. Newly built farms don't have thousand nests inside. 

They need to imitate the environment of the old farms therefore many tweeters are installed inside to imitate such environment. 

The equalizer is set wrongly. It was not tuned according to the Internals sound frequency. As a result Birds won't stay and build nests.

I was wondering whose trademark is this installing tweeters in the middle of the planks. Someone must have done it  before and now many are following it. 

There are no corner boards at the corner. He was told that the birds prefer 90 degree corners but they didn't explain to him why. Birds like the lines or joins that meet between two planks which is at the corner. If a corner board is installed it will have 2 join lines instead of one. Isn't 2 join lines better than 1?

This nesting platform is about 5 feet tall. To me this is unnecessary, what's the point of maximizing the nesting area when the Swiftlet farm can't even attract birds.

While I was inside I can't tolerate the Ammonia smell. My nose is very sensitive to this pungent smell. Mr.C had put a few bags of Ammonium inside . This idea also came from friends and Sifus.

A 1.5 foot entrance hole from the roving to the top floor using the staircase. Don't think that birds are stupid. There are not. They will never use this entrance hole to fly in. If you were the bird would you use this entrance which elevated just 4 feet from the ground.

There are so many things needed to be done. 80% of the partition have to be removed. Some of the walls have to be hacked down. It is like building a new farm. I told Mr.C do it or done. He has got only two choices,  wait  for nothing for next 10-20 years or revamp the whole farm and at least in six to eight months time he could harvest few nests to eat.

After the visit we went to a nearby coffee shop to wrap up our discussion and findings. I could see the frustration on Mr.C's face. 

He asked, " James , how come those people known so little and yet pretended that they know lots?"

(He was referring to those who had guided him to build his farm.)

"James there are two farms just 3 lots away from my Swiftlet farm started after me now one has at least 40 nests".

" How do you know that Mr.C?"

"I met one of the owners last month. He was here to do harvesting. I tried to talk to him but he refused to talk much other than saying ..OK lah  about 40 nests...and I saw a bag he was carrying easily 50 nests. How come mine doesn't even have 1 nests."

"Mr.C , there are lots of problems in your  Swiftlet farm  ...what do you expect? Now do as I have told you. Consider it as a lesson. Start all over from the beginning. It is better to start all over again knowing that you have done it correctly."

" Thank you James, what you have taught me today is invaluable. All the things you said really makes sense."

Well it is sad to see people being misled. What to do... they just love to believe the wrong person.

Good Swiftlet farming All.

CUSTOMERS WILLING TO WAIT FOR LOVE POTION AND RELUCTANT TO OTHER AROMA. 客戶願意為Love Potion而等待也不願意其他的香氣。

Received this interesting email from Vietnam. I can't  read Vietnamese language. I translated it with google and it turns out to be :

收到這個有趣的電子郵件從越南寄來的。當然我不會讀越南文。所以將它在谷歌翻譯之後才知道原來如此：

Chỉ muốn chờ mua Love Potion!

Chào Mr James,

Vào khoảng 1 tuần trước, khi sản phẩm Aroma Love Potion hết hàng và đang chờ lô hàng mới về. Có vài khách hàng đến cửa hàng bán thiết bị của tôi hỏi khi nào có hàng. Họ chỉ muốn chờ đợi để mua Love Potion về dùng cho nhà yến thôi, không muốn sử dụng các mùi khác. Tôi biết sự thật Aroma Love Potion đang là sản phẩm nổi tiếng trên thị trường nhưng tôi muốn hỏi lại xem tại sao họ lại thích Love Potion đến vậy? Họ trả lời rằng họ đã sử dụng qua nhiều sản phẩm dẫn dụ chim yến rồi ví dụ như Blk Potion, nhưng họ không thấy có gì thay đổi cả, không hiệu quả! Vậy nên bây giờ họ chỉ tin tưởng vào LP thôi, và họ sẵn sàng chờ đến khi LP về đến Việt Nam để mua . Tôi xin chúc nhà yến của các khách hàng được nhiều chim đến sinh sống và làm thật nhiều tổ yến.

Thân mến,

Ông Trần

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Direct Google Translation from the above email

Hey Mr. James ,

At about 1 week ago when Aroma Love Potion products are out of stock and awaiting a new shipment . There are few customers to store my equipment when there are questions . They just want to wait to buy the Love Potion for the swift alone, do not want to use other scents . I know the truth Aroma Love Potion is a popular product on the market , but I want to ask why they look like Love Potion so ? They replied that they have used over the lure bird products such as blck Potion then , but they did not see any change , no effect ! So now they just rely on LP only, and they are willing to wait for the LP to Vietnam to buy . I wish the nests of many birds to customers living and working lots of oats .

Sincerely ,

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只是想等著買Love Potion ！

你好，James先生，

大約一周前，當Love Potion產品是賣完的和等待裝運。有幾個客戶來我的用具店問我。他們只是想等著買Love Potion單獨，不想使用其他氣味。我知道真正的香氣Love Potion是市場上的名牌產品，但我想再問他們為什麼喜歡Love Potion嗎？他們回答說他們有用通過誘鳥產品例如Blck藥水，但他們沒有看到什麼變化在所有無效 ！所以現在他們只是依靠 LP 只，和他們願意等到 LP 抵達越南買。我想希望客人的燕窩是許多燕子生活和做了很多。

真誠的，

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I didn't chance any of the sentences or words above, because I want to keep the originality of the email. You may use Google translation to translate it and see it yourself. You have to read slowly to catch what the customer is trying to say.

Good Swiftlet farming All!

我沒有改以上任何的句子，因為我想要電子郵件的獨創性。您可以使用谷歌翻譯來翻譯。你必須慢慢讀，才可以抓到客戶想說什麼。

大家有好燕屋農場 ！

您的放大器是否有正確的調整？您是否使用正確的燕聲？ IS YOUR AMPLIFIER WELL TUNED? ARE YOU USING THE RIGHT SWIFTLET SOUND?

我們都知道聲音是其中一個重要的組合來完成一個成功的燕屋農場。沒有它們，你不能吸引燕子來和玩。沒有了它們，它會需要更長的時間來使燕子做燕窩。

如果您使用一個好的燕子聲音，我可以向你保證你會看到燕子的人口和燕窩的成長有大大的改善。

除非您是正在使用對和正確的聲音。在市場出售的燕子聲音，10個聲音裏有9個勉強可以通過最低可接受的頻率水準。他們是通過複製和粘上，這就是說所有都是通過重複的。一些做複製的人對燕子聲音有非常少的知識。我不騙你。可以去問問他們。他們甚至不能詳細向你說明描述一隻燕子在孵蛋的聲音、 父母到達燕窩的聲音等等。

但是究竟有多少的人正在使用正確的聲音？即使你做了......您的放大器是否為燕屋農場而做的呢？他們所製造和生產的頻率是否正確由燕子喜歡的呢？您多年來一直使用的放大器是否正確的調節，是否產生出所有的(頻率)聲音從SD卡或USB的呢？

你想你應該是從來沒有想到這一點吧。它也永遠不會出現在你的腦海裏，除了繼續等待和計數希望您的燕屋農場可以在3年裏有1000個燕窩。

如果你從來沒有想到這一點，那你可以繼續去希望可以有1000個燕窩在3年的時間，但是這永遠都不會發生的。有時候真相是難以接受的，但這是事實。

為什麼我這樣說呢？

我收到一張從讀者寄來的照片顯示他燕屋農場裏的放大器是如何被調整的。

我之前不是有提到它嗎？他搞混了。看看這兩個放大器的均衡設置。它是全錯了。高頻率的設置是為外部聲音，內部聲音的設置是不同的。這並不代表錯誤的設置您的燕屋農場就不會吸引燕子。它依然可以，但是卻很少。就算失敗的燕屋農場在5年的時間也可以有10個燕窩，因此，我們可以說是一個失敗的燕屋農場不能吸引燕子......所以，這就是燕子聲音。

（有太多的旋鈕，我相信它會把燕屋主給搞混了，尤其是那些對燕子聲音有很少知識的燕屋主。這兩個放大器的均衡設置都被燕屋主給錯誤地調整)。

結論是，一個好的聲音配上一個正確調整的放大器將會吸引更多的燕子。(從年輕到年長的燕子)。然而，一個差勁的聲音和一個錯誤調整的放大器會吸引很少的燕子或許沒有。

（一上的旋鈕設置是為內部聲音而調整的。）

Hi-Nest放大器已經把調整的麻煩去除。它的頻率已預先在工廠生產過程中被設置。它是專門為燕屋農場而設計和生産的。

給大家知道，Hi-Nest放大器是由我設計和調整的。它的模型是由我的規範來測試和調整的。

如果你想避免調整放大器的麻煩，而你又不知道如何來調整。那麽你就應該使用Hi-Nest MX B-52 放大器。

它已經過測試和現在在許多成功的燕屋農場裏使用。

如果你看到沒有燕子在你的燕屋農場玩和燕窩也沒有增加...那麽就是要更改燕子聲音的時候了，也是時候換一架被調整好的放大器了。

大家有好燕屋農場 ！

IS YOUR AMPLIFIER WELL TUNED? ARE YOU USING THE RIGHT SWIFTLET SOUND?

As we know Sound is one of the important components that make up a successful Swiftlet farm. Without them,  you can't attract birds to come and play. Without them,  it would take a longer time for Birds to build nests.

If you use a good Birds sound I could assure you that you would see improvement in birds population and nests growth.

Provide you are using the right and correct sound.  9 out of 10 sounds sold in the market barely passed the minimum acceptable frequency level  for Swiftlet. They are done by copy and paste which mean all are through duplication. Some of those who did the duplication of copy and paste have very little knowledge about Swiftlet sounds. I am not kidding you. Try go and ask them. They can't even elaborate and describe to you the sound of a bird laying eggs, the sound parents reaching their nests, etc.

But how many of you are using the right sound? Even if you did.... Is your Amplifier made for Swiftlet farm? Can they produce and process the correct frequencies liked by Swiftlet? Are the amplifiers that you have been using for years are tuned properly to churn out the all the (frequency) sounds from the SD card or The USB?

I guess you had never thought of this. It has never come across your mind either, other than you keep waiting and counting the day hoping your Swiftlet farm would have 1000 nests in 3 years.

Well if you had never thought of this then you could keep on thinking as the 1000 nests in 3 years time will never come. Sometimes the truth is hard to swallow, but that is the fact.

Why I am saying this?

I have received a picture from a reader showing how the Amplifiers in his Swiftlet farm being tuned.

Didn't I mention it before?  He got mixed up. Look at the setting of the equalizers on both amplifiers. It is all wrong. The high frequency setting is for External sound and Internal sound setting is different. It doesn't mean that with the wrong setting your Swiftlet farm won't attract birds. It still does but  fewer birds. Even a failed farm of 5 years  has 10 nests so could we say a failed farm can't attract birds.... So that too goes for Swiftlet sound.

( There are so many knobs, I am sure it will confuse the owner who has little knowledge in Swiftlet Sound. Both  Amplifiers were wrongly tuned by the owner.)

The conclusion is a good sound coupled with a well tuned Amplifier  would attract more Swiftlets. (Young to old birds). Whereas a poor sound and a wrongly tuned Amplifier would attract fewer birds perhaps none.

( The above knob setting is for Internal sound use.)

The HI-Nest amplifier has eliminated the trouble of tuning. Its frequency has been pre-set at the factory during production. It is specially designed and made for Swiftlet farming use.

For your information,  the HI-Nest Amplifier is designed and tuned by me. The prototypes were tested and tuned to my specification.

If you want to avoid the trouble of tuning the Amplifier and you are not certain about how to tune it. Then you should get a Hi- Nest MX B-52 amplifier.

It has been tested and used in many Swiftlet farms with success now.

If you see no Birds playing in your farm and  no increase of nests.... well it is time for you to change Swiftlet sounds and get a better tuned Amplifier.

Good Swiftlet farming All!.

輕量磗 ：別讓瞎子帶路 LIGHT WEIGHT BRICKS : Don't Let the Blind Lead You

T先生早上9點就來酒店接我。我們直接去一家著名的餐館吃麵。是的，沙巴著名的麵"生肉面"。我非常肯定所有的沙巴人都知道的。我們的行程安排是去參觀一個20x80尺，位於Kimanis的3層樓燕屋農場。

據瞭解這個燕屋農場的溫度是一個主要的問題。T先生解釋說，在炎熱的一天，內部的溫度可上升到32度C. 我告訴T先生在32度C的情況下，很難保留燕子和作燕窩。一定是牆壁出了什麼毛病。

（從外看來是一個美麗的3層樓燕屋農場）

嗯，我真的不喜歡輕量磚（LWB），而我是有我的理由這樣做。坦率地說，只從我參與這個行業以來，我所建造的燕屋農場沒有一個是使用輕量磗的。當輕量磗一開始出來的時候我就知道這會造成問題。也許它用來做房屋或工廠是好的，但是絕對不適合燕屋農場。

如果我還記得，它曾經在3-5年前由幾個人大力推廣。許多燕屋農場也使用了它。我想，現在你幾乎不會看到任何的燕屋農場使用它。現在為什麼人們不再使用它了。

因為，時間會證明一切！這就是3-5年前使用LWB的結果都展現出來了。

(單層的輕量磚)

它是太人工化了。它可能作為一種很好的保溫產品或在實驗室裡被證明，但在實際上，在燕屋農場裏卻行不通。

這個燕屋農場正在使用LWB，和溫度是32度C的。讓我解釋為什麼和如何。一個很好的例子就是像飼養金魚或錦鯉。

比較一下，一個塑膠/纖維玻璃水池和一個水泥水池。在理論上，塑膠或纖維玻璃是更好的。它很便宜，不會破裂或容易裂開、 輕量和輕便、容易使用，節省時間，等等。然而水泥水池是更加昂貴，容易破裂和容易損壞，需要長的時間才能建立，較高的維護費、 需要良好的工藝和技能等...

在紙張上，塑膠/纖維玻璃比水泥池好的多。所有想要養錦鯉的人是不是應該都使用塑膠/纖維玻璃呢?...去問一問養錦鯉的專家，他們一定會說"不"。如果給選擇，他們寧願水泥池。

水泥池是更加涼快它減低了水的溫度也更加穩定。微生物可以容易地生長在水泥牆上，不像塑膠一樣，太過人工化了。這些微生物有助於淨化水質和維護其水質的ph，這樣就創造了更好的水質。在水泥池塘裡的魚是更加健康，它們身體的顏色是更好的。

所以現在你知道為什麼LWB不是首選，紅粘土磚仍是最佳的選擇。LWB不會幫助天然蒸發因為它們含有海綿在內，它含有非常多的人造材料。扔LWB在水裏它會浮在水中。您可以使用它們作為一件救生衣。

第二，LWB需要良好的和徹底的石膏工作。那些接縫必須有正確和完全的密封。這是為了防止乾旱的空氣從接縫流入。兩邊的牆壁需要抹上石膏。

但是究竟有多少人是這樣做呢? 大部分都沒有凃上石膏或只是一面而已。

我有寫過關於燕屋農場空氣蒸發的效應在我之前其他的文章裡。您可以搜索在我的部落格中。

我說了很多次，建造燕屋農場不是成本和節省時間就可以。曾經那些使用鉄貨櫃來做燕屋農場現在如何了？也有那些使用天花板夾保麗瓏來做燕屋農場，現在又如何了？.....還有那些使用尼龍帆布來做燕屋農場的呢？

他們做了頭條，和所有的人都跟了他們。他們大力的推廣和現在那些燕屋農場到底是發生了什麼?......失敗。

好吧...先回到在Kimanis的燕屋農場。在去T先生的燕屋農場的路上，有幾個成功的燕屋農場位於從主路1-2公里的地方。有一些在哪裏已經有將近2年的時間，與他同一時間開始的，現在他們每個月有1公斤的收穫。

它清楚地表明這個是一個良好的地理位置，但爲什麽T先生的燕屋農場在2年後還是沒有燕窩呢？我們將做一些調查來找出真相。

(一個很好的池塘在燕屋農場的下面)

在外部環境看來，這個地方非常出色。這個燕屋農場是建在水面上。燕屋主故意作一個小池塘，以便燕屋農場可以座落在它的上面。一個不小的投資成本。他是願意花額外的金錢，只是為了確保燕屋農場會產生利潤。但他沒有意識到它不只是需要建在水面那麽簡單。

（一樓的木板可以清楚地看到。你能想像這個燕屋農場是有多麽的亮)

當我們在裡面的時候，T先生問，"James為什麼裏面會這麼熱？我以為LWB會幫到"。

我解釋說，LWB不吸收水分它也不會釋放濕潤，所以你的燕屋農場是又熱又乾燥的。如果您開了噴霧器它將會變得太濕因為LWB不吸收水分。如果您関了噴霧器燕屋農場會變得太干。這樣的變化有很大的差距，這就使燕屋農場無法讓燕子居住。

這個燕屋農場是太亮了，它採取了Lifeshaft類型的環繞區，這個類型的環繞曲涵蓋到底層的。每層樓都有一個第二入口洞。通常這種類型的設計允許光線直接滲入到作窩的地區。二樓是最受到影響的，因為它最靠近洞口。

分區是必然的在每層樓來降低亮度。需要在不同領域和不同的大小的分區將豎立。底層需要較少的分區因爲光線逐漸減少了照往低層。

第2樓的第二個入口洞已經被以前的顧問減小了。我肯定他注意到光線，但是還是不足夠所以內部分區是需要的。

正如我多次提過，燕子很少飛往中間的。它們更喜歡飛離牆壁2-3尺的地方循環的飛行。中間部分不是它們的飛行的路線。有了這一點，為什麼人們仍然安裝高音喇叭在中間呢？有只一個例外，以八角形高音喇叭來做環繞聲。

最重要的地方比如角落被忽視了。去看看你的燕屋農場，那幾個最先被修造的燕窩是在那裏。你告訴我 ！既然是這樣為什麼仍然安裝高音喇叭在中間而不是在角落呢？

T先生一定是從某地或某人學習的。現在你知道不是所有的師父都知道燕屋農場。

（不正確的分區）

一個分區的目的是要阻止光線和降低亮度。但是這個分區就失去了它真正的意義。它是建在木板一下，這意味著光線仍然可以通過在天花板上和在分區之間。到底是誰修改這個燕屋農場？真的，我不想知道。

(真菌已經寄生在木板了)

（典型的商店複製設計）

原始的想法將房間入口處放置在中間來自那些老店屋。老店屋在90年代之前建立的設計大多數的目的是把一樓和二樓作為住宅。

因此它有房間在内、 很明顯的在前面有2個房間和後面有2個房間或者更多。當所有這些店屋被轉換成燕屋農場之後，原本的門被作爲入口洞。它們並不是專門被設計或放置在那裡的，它是即興創作的。

由於這些店屋(燕屋農場)開始吸引燕子和有燕窩在裡面，那些人參觀了這些商屋就複製這個設計。這個想法被運用在獨立燕屋農場就變成一個不必要。一個獨立的燕屋農場是完全新的大樓從地面開始。我們有選擇要在哪裡和如何作出我們想要的洞口，互連洞等等。

(木板的表面有粉狀)

對於T先生來説這是一個很糟糕的一天，我告訴他燕屋農場裏的木板需要大修改，因爲 70%的木板都佈滿真菌。他沒有注意到它直到我告訴他。他聲稱他從好信譽的木板供應商買了這些木板而且還是好的Meranti木板。

如果這些是好的Meranti，那麽就不應該會有任何真菌問題。看看那些木板的顏色，怎麼可以是好的Meranti。好的Meranti是褐色而不是淺粉紅色的。

供應商向他保證這是最佳的Meranti木T先生說...可悲真的很可悲。

（燕子絕對不會在這個情況的木板作燕窩)

所有木板上都有粉狀，我想知道燕子如何把口水粘在這些木板上。

有太多的事情需要去做。我一一的告訴T先生就好像一對一的輔導。我告訴他你可以盡可能問任何問題(當然是與燕屋農場有關的)。

"如果你不記得，T先生你可以把它們寫下來然後明天問我"

笑著說,我告訴他我仍在等待一個我不能回答的問題。我仍然等待這個問題，從2008年開始了我的部落格到現在。

一個修改的計畫已經被寫下來了。現在所有這一切都由T先生做主。

（在燕屋農場裡面找到這只壁虎）

有燕屋農場的內部有大的蜥蜴。這些不是那些家裏的壁虎。他們的大小大約是8寸...被 T先生殺死。

修造計畫已給了T先生和它包含以下檔：

1） 牆壁防熱是需要的。額外的防熱材料來遮蓋外面的牆壁。(道歉我不能在這裡透露）

2） 在所有樓層架設上分區以減少光線。需要不同大小的分區。

3） 聲音系統計畫來增加高音喇叭在角落處。尤其是戰略角落処。

4） 減小和重新置放所有樓層環繞區的第二個入口洞。

5） 殺滅蟲害

6） 如何調整放大器來吸引燕子居留和作燕窩

7） 內部和外部聲音之間的區別。

8） 高音喇叭的安排在第二個入口洞及主要入口洞。

9） 香氣的使用法

10）......

11)...........

12） 和更多

在參觀了許多燕屋農場之後...是很可悲的看到許多燕屋農場仍然錯誤地做。大多數都是由哪些有少燕屋知識的人所做的。是應該怪誰呢？難道我還公開不夠養燕的頓悟嗎？

燕屋農場是關於事實和邏輯。它是以結果導向的。我們不能說"我先試試，然後才看看如何"。

要記得，你的燕屋農場不是其他人的實驗室。

大家有好燕屋農場 ！