[BC] Wireless mics in the 950 Mhz band

[towers at mre.com]

NFL has a frequency coordination program for every game and has since 1999.
 Preseason, international, regular, playoffs, Pro Bowl, and Super Bowl.

The Super Bowl is the #1 consumer of spectrum of any event on the planet. 
Including the political conventions.  It takes a team of 45 technical
people to make the effort work at the event.

See my other post about STL V. WM's.

MM

On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:09:13 -0700, "Don Worsham" <media at gte.net> wrote:
> Thomas has a good point and in fact since the wireless mics are of very
> low power
> (50 milliwatts) it is likely that the broadcast STL transmitter will make
> the channel
> unusable for wireless mics.
> 
> At this writing, I think only Sennheiser listes mics in that frequency
> ranger but I am
> unfamiliar with Lectrosonics "block" method of frequency operation.
> 
> With some much of the UHF TV spectrum going away, the low
> power/entertainment
> users are in a very real squeeze for spectrum. Unseen by most is that
> large events
> that use wireless for mics and communication are internally frequency
> co-ordinated.
> 
> Two easy example are the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards.  Dave
> Belamy from Soundtronics Wireless takes care of both shows. His company
> provides wireless mics and intercom but no all of the systems in use so
he
> works out
> who can be where. He also takes care of the outside preshow broadcasts.
> 
> Co-ordination also goes to frequency sharing since some manufactures of
> wireless
> mics are less frequency agile then others or are limited to the bandwidth
> over which
> they are agile.
> 
> "Don Worsham" media at gte.net