DTV = Useless mic

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DJ Cam

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Well, it was bound to happen I have the 1st report of it.

Last night I setup for my karaoke gig and I noticed my drunk mic reciever was getting signal. I raised the fader It was picking up the audio from a local tv station.

It's a 700Mhz+ AKG.

I made it through the gig fine with my 2 >600Mhz Shure mics and fortunatly there were no drunks.
 
Dave Miller said:
Really?

What happened to the February kick-off of DTV?
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Feb 09 is the cutoff for analog television broadcasts. They will all go dark after that.

In the meantime, digital TV broadcasters have been on the air, using their allotted frequencies.
 
Multi-channel mics........Multi-channel mics.......Multi-channel mics!

Ran into the problem on Sunday. Switched to another of 64 channels- no problem.....:sqcool:
 
MADNESS said:
I am going to need to upgrade as well. Just will not have a lot of extra cash to spend. Will this be OK until I can upgrade to a better one? Also does it come in a dual hand set?
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They do not come in a dual handheld, but you can mount two side by side in a rack space. Yes, it would be okay to get you by... a good "drunk mic" as Cam says. Ideally for a primary mic you'd want to be in an EV, Shure or Sennheiser, but you're looking at roughly twice the cost.

Ben
 
Well, I think without hesitation I'd say the AA is better. But if your Gemini is within the usable range and is adequately frequency agile I wouldn't rush to replace it. Maybe save up for the best you can get. But if it needs replacing right away, I see the AA as a step up from what you have for sure.

Ben
 
Most likely what Cam picked up that night was nothing more than a test by one of the local stations. A lot of them are doing that right now to sort of test the digital waters as a one night thing prior to that fateful date in February.

Sadly, many of the markets running those tests are reporting negative results with their viewers. One of Wilmington NC's stations did that same test a few months ago, and even with TONS of early promotion on air and in conjunction with local radio stations, public billboards that canvassed the eastern part of the state, etc., they still got more than 150 calls from angry and/or confused viewers.

WFMY (the station where I'm employed) also did this same test with only slightly better results, but it's likely that that is due to our area of NC having better cable coverage than the Wilmington area.

As we get closer to Feburary, more and more of these tests will take place.
 
I see the new systems as possibly being under powered.... I have a DTV HD set and depending on which way the wind is blowing I either get a great picture or I get what happens with satilite TV durring a storm.... it's agravating.... I know I can go back to cable TV but, what about folks that can't afford it and have to rely on over air broadcasts..... I hope it's just a case where TV isn't allowed to broadcast at full strength yet.... cause the local NBC station is only 20 miles from my house and the digital versions of it come in like a 1950's broadcast... very poor.
 
What I don't like about the "new" digital signal is the fact that you get hangups all the time. The picture will lockup, get jumpy or do a digital breakdown! It sucks when you are really into a program and it does this for 5 minutes!
 
I just put up a post in the Daily Planet about the FCC will be reviewing DTV station coverage after the change over and allowing stations to make adjustments for coverage differential.
 
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