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By itolond
#199100
Hi Forum,
any1 have any leads on a cheap simple acoustic modem (or working project examples) ? (for Ardiuno)
By itolond
#199107
Ok,
It’s to control via 2 way coms to an app for a model submarine
Depth max 5m
Water varies, but worse case salt and Low visibility
Distance max 300 m
By jremington
#199110
Sadly, underwater transducers are expensive and for 300 meters range, generally require high voltage electronics for the transmitter.

You could experiment with a simple piezo disk as a transducer, but they are not efficient at transmitting sound energy into water.