Hello everyone, I've been asked to do a rack for friends and I must say I'm a bit out of my depth...
The system that needs to be racked is made of two wireless mic receiver (Shure blx4r - S8 - 823 - 832 MHz, diversity so 2 antennas per box) and two IEM transmitters (Senn XSW IEM - B- 572-596 MHz, one antenna per box). The rack will be used for theatrical performances and will sit right next to the stage, so required range is fairly limited. Ideally I'd like to keep it reasonnably priced and use only the 1/4 wavelength antennas coming with the boxes. The opinions I got from sound engineers went from "you need to put the antennas of the transmitters and receivers 10 miles apart" to "just stick all the antennas on a small 1U plate on top of the rack and run small bnc cables from these to the boxes".
Questions:
Thanks a lot for any input 🙂
The system that needs to be racked is made of two wireless mic receiver (Shure blx4r - S8 - 823 - 832 MHz, diversity so 2 antennas per box) and two IEM transmitters (Senn XSW IEM - B- 572-596 MHz, one antenna per box). The rack will be used for theatrical performances and will sit right next to the stage, so required range is fairly limited. Ideally I'd like to keep it reasonnably priced and use only the 1/4 wavelength antennas coming with the boxes. The opinions I got from sound engineers went from "you need to put the antennas of the transmitters and receivers 10 miles apart" to "just stick all the antennas on a small 1U plate on top of the rack and run small bnc cables from these to the boxes".
Questions:
- do I absolutely need to combine the shure receivers antennas ? If yes, do I have to use the 200€ UA221 or can I cheap out using tv splitters as suggested here ?
- option 1: I have the two blx4r racked next to one another, their antennas combined and sticking out on each mounting wings (like this ). Where should/couldthe antennas of the IEM boxes go to create the least problems ?
- option 2: I have the two blx4r racked next to one another but their antennas not combined and all 4 mounted on a small plate above the box. Again, what with the IEM ?
Thanks a lot for any input 🙂
I did many events using up to 8 Trantec UHF systems, all simply stood on top of each other, with the antennas splayed about 15 degeres from vertical, I never had a problem.