Re: VHF radio mic problems

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:58:39 -0000, John Legon <john@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

> Rusty <russjunkmail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in article
> <f****g8$fgp$1@[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.


Set that one almost straight up & th eother at 90 deg to it. Given it was 

almost certainly wired after it was installed then the receivers will just
 
have their cabling trapped by the next device down in the rack, if you  
pull that forwards at the same time you should be able to get to them, the
 
power leads are about a 1m long if they're running on the wall warts and  
if there's aerials on the front they're not using an aerial distribution  
amp.