"The upcoming change in the frequency window of what we're allowed to use in Australia was an important factor in the purchases," he remarked. "The 780 - 820 MHz range will become progressively unusable or illegal to use in Australia at a certain point in the future so we needed to change at some point."
Having used the Shure UHF-R systems extensively over the past few months, Wilkie reports that their performance has been terrific.
"They're a lot more flexible and easier to set up than their predecessor," he said. "The IR to program the belt packs makes set up a lot quicker and less fiddly for operators. The RF performance is good; you don't have to have a complicated RF set up because when patching you can cascade from one receiver to another. That way you don't always have to be thinking about sending out antenna distribution units and that type of thing.
"For more complicated jobs they've got a nice interface to the computer system which allows you to do more things such as keep track of what's going on with each channel, and do a frequency scan to see what's messing up with your RF in that area."
(Jim Evans)
