Wireless Audio at an Airfield

William_Robinette

William_Robinette

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Hey guys I have a quick question for you.

I am shooting a helicopter preflight check this Friday at a military airfield and the project doesn't have the budget for a dedicated sound man (I know, nothing I can do about it) so I am going to throw a Senn G2 on the pilot giving the demonstration.

Am I going to run into a ridiculously hard time trying to get a clean wireless signal out there with all the radio traffic going on? If so, anything I can do help minimize it?

I am running a shotgun off the camera in case of an "oh sh*t" situation.

Thanks!
 
I don't think I'd be all that worried.

Your G2 should be either 518-550Mhz or 630-662MHz, and the civilian aircraft band is 108-137MHz. The military band is 225-400MHz.
 
Yeah, "Spinal Tap" notwithstanding (although that bit was hilarious :D ), I find it hard to believe that they're trying to fit any important military transmissions around local TV stations like us civilians have to... :)
 
Captain Pierce said:
Yeah, "Spinal Tap" notwithstanding (although that bit was hilarious :D ), I find it hard to believe that they're trying to fit any important military transmissions around local TV stations like us civilians have to... :)
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In and around civilian populated regions, the military has to conform to the general FCC allocations.

If you're in 'area 51', or other 'military testing site'... and not being escorted off the base... things may be different. And basically those around such installations have to 'just live with it'...

If you are really worried about it this may be helpful... or just plain too confusing...

http://www.disa.mil/about/index.html

There's also a non-military government spectrum planning agency as well...
 
Thanks! I'm not a sound guy so I was unaware of the frequency ranges for certain transmissions. Makes perfect sense when I think about it though...
 
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