The arrival of spring (?) has seen the days lengthen and the frost isn’t quite as hard. It’s also enabled me to get out to some of the locations where demand for in-band spectrum is highest and conduct survey measurements. Wireless microphones and IEMs, as Services Ancillary to Broadcasting, have to co-exist with high and low power television transmissions and exploit the ‘white-spaces’ between them. A quick check on JFMG’s on-line ‘UHF Mic/IEM/Intercom Location Planner’ will show the availability of this white-space at the click of a mouse. However, key locations often have demand that exceeds this availability. Thus I’ve...
I'm not going to get into the second city argument, except to say that Manchester continues to grow as a media and entertainment centre. The completion of Digital Switchover in the region has freed up spectrum for wireless microphones (see my blog entry for 23/12/09 for more). However, talkback frequencies have experienced growth in demand for the finite spectrum available. My visit to the city was to look into some of the issues around this area, however I was also able to meet up with a major broadcasting customer covering a cultural OB. Besides enjoying a tour of their technical facilities...