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[Dan Haworth]

Can you still get software updates for those??

Oh, wait-planned obsolescence hadn't been invented yet, had it?

What's this "software" you speak of?

I've been to a couple places now where I was told "yeah 2.4ghz mics don't work very well", good thing my old Sennheiser stuff is 800Mhz..

[Brian Jojade]

What's this "software" you speak of?

I've been to a couple places now where I was told "yeah 2.4ghz mics don't work very well", good thing my old Sennheiser stuff is 800Mhz..

Depending on where you are, 800mhz mics are illegal to operate.


2.4ghz stuff has a couple things going against it.  First, the higher the frequency, the harder it is for the signal to get through stuff.  Secondly, even if things go fine with testing, when patrons show up to the event, most of them will be bringing with them a device that creates additional traffic in the 2.4ghz spectrum.  This makes it very difficult to predict what will work at the event.

While some equipment does better than others in this scenario, I'd never recommend a 2.4ghz mic to be used in any critical situation.

[Dan Haworth]

Depending on where you are, 800mhz mics are illegal to operate.


2.4ghz stuff has a couple things going against it.  First, the higher the frequency, the harder it is for the signal to get through stuff.  Secondly, even if things go fine with testing, when patrons show up to the event, most of them will be bringing with them a device that creates additional traffic in the 2.4ghz spectrum.  This makes it very difficult to predict what will work at the event.

While some equipment does better than others in this scenario, I'd never recommend a 2.4ghz mic to be used in any critical situation.

That's a good point, and I think it's important to actually look at the regulations and discuss them
For the US: https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=ab72b1fdafb6f8fcdf9ccc02f49edcf3&mc=true&node=pt47.1.15&rgn=div5#se47.1.15_1236 and https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=4cf5351dd73ca25b34a0b12921396a60&mc=true&node=se47.4.74_1861&rgn=div8

So the old 195MHz LX systems are operating in a band reserved for biomedical telemetry devices... whoops... Uh... Microphones can be biomedical right?

So huh, there's no mention of 800Mhz band in there, bummer, so yes that is illegal

[Michael Lascuola]

Oh, wait-planned obsolescence hadn't been invented yet, had it?

See light bulbs, 115 years ago

[Henry Cohen]

So the old 195MHz LX systems are operating in a band reserved for biomedical telemetry devices... whoops... Uh... Microphones can be biomedical right?

195MHz is channel 10 in the Hi-VHF TV band (174-216 MHz, channels 7-13) and is perfectly legal for both Parts 15 and 74 operations.

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