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wireless update > was designed for just this reason and is highly reliable in such a crowded space as the 2.4GHz band. As customer demand for mobile products increases and bandwidth shrinks, only those radios that can operate in crowded RF environments will succeed as more and more bandwidth shrinks away. Everyone will benefit as these new digital technologies offer marked improvements to sound quality, reliability, and ease of use. TT: Beirg has been instrumental in convincing Ofcom how vital a role radio mics play in the UK, and often manufacturers confuse the issue claiming that Channel 69 is licence free – which is absolute rubbish. Since 2004, only a handful of manufacturers tried to explain that this was a big deal – a tiny portion of the industry – until money was mentioned. The fact is that you need a license for everything else except 863-865 MHz, which is the beginning of the TV channel spectrum. I think that it’s absolutely possible that in five years from now, no manufacturer will make an analogue wireless mic, because of the huge surge we’re seeing now in digital technology. For now, audio quality and latency are the most important factors, which is why people should be binning their old gear and purchasing Channel 38-ready equipment. Also, because of this ignorance, I fully expect many complaints to come in to manufacturers from clients saying ‘my radio mic sounds horrible’ come the switchover. That’s why we all need to raise awareness and educate people on this. Surrender your old systems to funding where possible and migrate to the new allocated bands. WF: There is a definite trend in digital wireless systems going on. A much better audio quality and a better resistance against interference is also a big argument for digital systems. New developments will have easier interfaces and network capability, but the price will increase due to the tighter frequency spectrum, which makes it necessary to use more expensive components. KP: I think that people look for far greater flexibility than in the past, because they really want to be able to work anywhere in the world, which in turn means a set of brand new challenges for us as manufacturers. In our market in particular, a lot of the equipment is for field use and is battery powered. A mains system in a studio based environment is very flexible in terms of the frequency hopping and frequency changing aspect, but as soon as you get to small portable units, the challenges really are far greater. People are always looking for battery powered systems that have half-a-day’s worth of life in them. We don’t want to be forced to make those compromises. On the other hand, I think there’s a chance that we will be forced down the route of wider frequency bands and have a deal of selectivity. It is essentially two conflicting demands in the changing wireless world which is being more and more impacted on by wireless techs such as YMAX and anything on the TV spectrum. To Sum Up... In conclusion, there is plenty to talk about in the modern day wireless world. License-wise, it seems there may be a certain lack of education in terms of what’s free and what’s not, which looks like it could surprise more than a few people once the switchover to Channel 38 takes place! But it also looks like each of these manufacturers has a vision of how to deal with it when it does happen, and is altering its current systems accordingly. Perhaps more interesting though is the recent trend towards digital wireless systems; and I think it raises a serious question or two: could this be the beginning of the end for analogue wireless systems? And does that mean every manufacturer will eventually be forced to switch to digital? According to Shure’s Tuomo Tonolen, that could well be the case as soon as 2016, and it’ll be interesting to see how much traffic ends up on the already crowded 2.4 GHz range. We’ll just have to wait and see. ∫ 40 AUDIO MEDIA JUNE 2011
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