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Kirby Yarbrough

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mixing manufacturers and half-wave antennas
« on: January 15, 2019, 11:21:30 AM »

My church has a couple of low-end EV RE2 receivers to go with a lav and a handheld transmitter.  The receivers came with quarter-wave antennas.  I have a spare set of Audio Technica half-wave antennas for the same frequency band.  In an effort to improve reception, can the AT antennas be used with the EV receivers instead of buying EV half-waves?
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Re: mixing manufacturers and half-wave antennas
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2019, 12:12:37 PM »

Yes. Electromagnetic waves are brand-agnostic.
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Re: mixing manufacturers and half-wave antennas
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2019, 12:15:15 PM »

Yes. Electromagnetic waves are brand-agnostic.

Your eloquence is as appreciated as the content of your advice.
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Re: mixing manufacturers and half-wave antennas
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2019, 02:24:15 PM »

Yes. Electromagnetic waves are brand-agnostic.
Yep...however, you might want to not use that term when explaining this to the congregation  ;) Just sayin...
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« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2019, 03:33:03 PM »

Yep...however, you might want to not use that term when explaining this to the congregation  ;) Just sayin...
Good one Ike  ;D ;D.

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« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2019, 06:09:19 PM »

Your eloquence is as appreciated as the content of your advice.

I think I "borrowed" that phrase from Henry Cohen.
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Re: mixing manufacturers and half-wave antennas
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2019, 11:46:06 PM »

My church has a couple of low-end EV RE2 receivers to go with a lav and a handheld transmitter.  The receivers came with quarter-wave antennas.  I have a spare set of Audio Technica half-wave antennas for the same frequency band.  In an effort to improve reception, can the AT antennas be used with the EV receivers instead of buying EV half-waves?

No problem using AT antennas on the EV receivers.......except most of the EV wireless receivers I have worked with use a screw on version of the BNC connector not the twist lock version that most everyone else uses.

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Re: mixing manufacturers and half-wave antennas
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2019, 10:15:50 AM »

No problem using AT antennas on the EV receivers.......except most of the EV wireless receivers I have worked with use a screw on version of the BNC connector not the twist lock version that most everyone else uses.
That's called a TNC connector, also used on the Telex BTR systems (EV and Telex have the same parent company). You can buy adapters at Digi-Key and other reputable suppliers https://www.digikey.ca/short/p7dwmq
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Re: mixing manufacturers and half-wave antennas
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2019, 04:48:50 PM »

That's called a TNC connector, also used on the Telex BTR systems (EV and Telex have the same parent company). You can buy adapters at Digi-Key and other reputable suppliers https://www.digikey.ca/short/p7dwmq

While back I had to get a handfull of those to incorporate
some EV wireless into a new distro system.

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Re: mixing manufacturers and half-wave antennas
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2019, 06:30:38 PM »

  In an effort to improve reception, can the AT antennas be used with the EV receivers instead of buying EV half-waves?

Getting a bit more gain from the half wave antennas may not necessarly improve reception. Can you not get full scale on the RSSI meters?  Maybe you have other issues.

Stronger antennas means they will likey find more junk out there and raise your noise floor.  It all depends. Of course I guess it would also be easy to switch back  ;)
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