Certain Models Of Wireless Mics [B]CANNOT[/B] Be Used After June 2010 Per The FCC

There's already a thread on the front page about this.

The 700MHz transition has been coming down the pipe since early 2006 and it's been touched on in basically every thread on wireless on every audio board on the net for quite some time now.
 
The site he links to actually does break things down by the manufacturer's model and the frequency that model uses, which is handy. :)
 
Captain Pierce said:
The site he links to actually does break things down by the manufacturer's model and the frequency that model uses, which is handy. :)
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But misleading - as most of the models listed are also available in other frequency bands which *are* legal.

It's the *frequencies* that are going - so that part of the information is good. But most models from most manufacturers will also be available on other frequency bands which *will* be legal.
 
John Willett said:
But misleading - as most of the models listed are also available in other frequency bands which *are* legal.

It's the *frequencies* that are going - so that part of the information is good. But most models from most manufacturers will also be available on other frequency bands which *will* be legal.
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Actually, many models from many manufacturers were available only in frequency bands with the 700MHz band. I've got about better than a dozen, from two manufacturers, on shelves in the back room right now. :)

Also, where a particular model was available in more than one band, they list that (for example, saying that only "C" band Sennheisers are affected, or showing the two possible frequency ranges for Audio-Technica U100 systems).

I think this is a good resource for the less tech-savvy wireless users out there. From my experience, there's a lot of people with wireless who have absolutely no idea what frequencies they're using, because the dealer they bought their system from took care of all that. So they can look at their rack and see a Shure UC receiver in there and say, "Uh-oh, I better call the dealer."
 
Captain Pierce said:
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I think this is a good resource for the less tech-savvy wireless users out there. From my experience, there's a lot of people with wireless who have absolutely no idea what frequencies they're using, because the dealer they bought their system from took care of all that. So they can look at their rack and see a Shure UC receiver in there and say, "Uh-oh, I better call the dealer."
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They are able to read a label, right? Every single transmitter sold that I've ever seen has a label on it somewhere listing its operating freguency or frequency range.
 
Then you've never seen an Audio-Technica ATW-T75 bodypack. :) It surprised the hell out of me the other day when I couldn't find a frequency range on the thing anywhere. I'm guessing there are more like it out there, but that one is top of mind for me since it just happened...
 
Captain Pierce said:
Then you've never seen an Audio-Technica ATW-T75 bodypack. :) It surprised the hell out of me the other day when I couldn't find a frequency range on the thing anywhere. I'm guessing there are more like it out there, but that one is top of mind for me since it just happened...
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I may be mistaken but I think an FCC type acceptance label has to be on every transmitting device sold in the US and the operating frequency is part of the data on it.
 
It's been a very long time, but wasn't the whole AT 7000 series in the 725-750MHz range or so? I don't remember there being a band option with those. The frequency range might have been printed in the battery compartment somewhere.
 
I sure couldn't find any frequency info on the darn thing... :)

And yeah, the 73xx series were 728.125-740.0 MHz, per the website. Which is a damn shame, because I just inherited eight of 'em...
 
Does anyone know whether there are such restrictions in Australia? Maybe Ill be able to find a nice cheap secondhand system because of this :)
 
Tobia said:
Does anyone know whether there are such restrictions in Australia? Maybe Ill be able to find a nice cheap secondhand system because of this :)
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There are all sorts of restrictions on wireless devices all over the world and every country is different.

You need to find out what is legal in your country and then buy the appropriate gear.

Normally my advice is to always purchase radio equipment in the country of intended use to be safe.
 
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