Originally Posted by
Speed of Sound
The reason for keeping recorders in clean fresh water when recovered from salt water, is that if the case or seals have been damaged and salt water reaches any of the electrical contacts, they will start to rapidly corrode
I wonder, considering there are not that many contacts, why aren't they made of gold or something which does not corrode? Sure that can't be overly expensive? That's assuming the recorder is built around memory chips (not tape or wire).