OT: Sennheiser Wireless Freqs?

[Greg Ball]

You might try googling Sennheiser Frequency Finder or try this link:

https://12.148.18.149

[Chas Smith]

Thanks for the link!

[Craig Seeman]

I feel your pain. I’ve looked at the chart a long time back and the ONLY clear space is in the 700MHz range in my area!

[Ronnie Martin]

I shoot at different cities each weekend with my racing TV show and each time I have to change frequencies just to find a clean spot. I also had the 700 system and as of June 10, 2010 it will be illegal. In other words you could be fined for being on this band. I really can’t see how a low powered wireless microphone could cause a problem for others even during an emergency. Just more wisdom by the government…..

Ronnie
https://www.ramtv.tv

Ronnie Martin
Kato Video Productions
http://www.dirtracingvideo.com

[Clint Fleckenstein]

That Sennheiser tool’s pretty awesome. I went through the FCC database manually. Yuck.

Cf

[Craig Seeman]

Sennheiser rebate ends June 30th
https://www.sennheiserusa.com/specialRebates/700MHzRebate.pdf
You get a whole $80 rebate for 100G3 series. After the cost of shipping back your old wireless it’s not much.

I apologize in advance for linking to another publication but EventDV has a decent basic article on what’s going on.

https://www.eventdv.net/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=67492

[Clint Fleckenstein]

Nice find. I bookmarked that one right away.

By the way, it sounds like “what’s happening” goes something like this:

Step 1: tell the broadcasters they WILL be going digital;
Step 2: force broadcasters into a narrow range of frequencies;
Step 3: force wireless users into that same range;
Step 4: come back around after the DTV transition and demand more bandwidth from broadcasters.

I’m glad I’m not in television anymore, and live in a rural state.

Cf

[Bruno Perosa]

what about the European situation?
I’ve wrote directly to Sennheiser main office about 6 months ago and never received a reply nor by the local distributor to whom I also wrote, seems nobody knows what’s is going on in Europe….

EX3, Nikon Adaptimax with various lenses, Acuter Merlin mount, MBP17″2.93GHz, FCS2, Media100, BtcSP, DVcam

[Michael Slowe]

I attended a Sennheiser session with a guy here in Europe last year (can’t remember where) and they are on the case. There are big problems to overcome but the guy told us that there is no great urgency for a couple of years yet. Maybe it’s more urgent elsewhere.

Michael Slowe

[Craig Seeman]

In USA the 700MHz band is now illegal for wireless mic use but a knowledgeable audio person said the FCC is far more likely to be looking at press conferences for example than lone shooters as far as hunting for violations. Obviously as the spectrum fills interference will become more likely. In some locations though, the 700MHz band is still far less interference prone than other bands.