We relate about the custom-made modification of a Benthos deep-ocean acoustic release into a deep caller, a hydrophone for calling ocean acoustic releases that cannot be reached from a standard deck-unit. The self-contained deep caller can be lowered down to 12 km on any non-conducting winch cable. It may prove useful to retrieve sub-surface instrumentation like a seafloor-lander hidden behind large rocks or in a narrow canyon, or moorings in very deep topographic depressions. We used it to retrieve a 7 km long mooring from 10,910 m depth in the Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2002.06875,
title = {Deep caller for ocean acoustic releases},
author = {Hans van Haren and Martin Laan and Sander Asjes and Bas Denissen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.06875},
year = {2020}
}