[Harp-L] Wireless (was Amp purchase help)

[captron100@xxxxxxx]

Ross wrote:

 I also want to experiment with a wireless rig and have no clue what is the 
best one and how to adapt one to the mic -   I'm thinking that I might use a 
Shure 57 or a Fireball V for this.


I changed the subject to reflect the part of Ross' post that I am replying to.  Below is a post I
had saved from last December. I personally have zero experience with wireless rigs.  Ron - FL Keys



Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 
From: Larry Marks 
<larry.marks@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] wireless rigs


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