Re: VHF radio mic problems

Rusty <russjunkmail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Christopher Jahn wrote:
>> Consider renting your own wireless units, instead of using the 
>> venue's.  Then you can put them where you want.
>> 
>I agree, having the receivers in the rack is ok, but the installer 
>really has got to re-route the antennas outside the booth, preferably as 
>close to the stage as possible.
>
>Most VHF systems I have seen have the antenna attached via a BNC 
>connector, so it should be possible to go get some RG-58 ****elded cable 
>and some BNC connectors. Then run the antennas outside the booth.
>
>You (OP) might want find a local pro-audio store/rental house and 
>rent/buy just the cable and antennas and mounts to attach to mic stands.
>
The receivers do have BNC connectors but the difficulty is getting at
them.  As I said before, the equipment rack is bolted to the wall and it
is also fully enclosed.  The cabling comes out through metal trunking
which disappears into the roof space above the control room.  Running
cables outside the control room is not a simple matter.

The easiest short-term solution will be to bring in our own radio mics
and put the receivers on the stage where they can be plugged into the
stage circuits.  In the long run I will try to pursuade the management
to move their receiver aerials out of the control room.  At the moment
it isn't possible to correctly align the aerials on one side of the
receivers because a monitor speaker gets in the way.  Crazy but true.
-- 
John Legon