Re: [Harp-L] wireless rigs

[Larry Marks <larry.marks@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have been using wireless for a couple of years. I got a really good 
deal on a Nady wireless system. It has a body pack and is for guitars, 
but I can plug my own mike into it just as well, which is what I did. I 
did not want to switch to a new mike.

Nady is an inexpensive manufacturer. I was able to obtain my system, the 
UHF-16, for about $200. It is a great performer. You should not have to 
pay a whole lot more.

Here are characteristics that are very important in considering a 
wireless system.

1. Get a UHF system. The VHF frequencies are crowded and subject to 
interference.

2. Get a frequency-agile system. My Nady covers 16 UHF channels. If you 
are not frequency-agile, you run the risk of finding yourself on a used 
frequency. For example, I have had to change channels at some casinos at 
which I have played because security or other in-house users were on my 
usual channel.

3.  Get a "diversity" system - one with two receivers and two antennas. 
That way, there will be no weak spots or places where you stand and get 
a hiss resulting from weak signal.

Again, I suggest you look at Nady (http://www.nady.com). They have 
consistently made reliable and inexpensive equipment.

Note that "hifi" should not be a consideration in your selection. If you 
have a good mike, any contemporary system will carry the signal with 
good fidelity. That is just the state of the art in solid-state 
electronics these days.

As an amateur radio operator of 50 years, I could spew a whole buncha 
technical stuff here, but if you just follow the three points I listed 
above, you will do fine.  Good luck.


 -LM