Wireless Microphone Systems

Here is how the work lines up. Wireless microphone work in New York runs against the densest RF settings in the United States — broadcast TV repacked into the post-700-MHz-auction range, FDNY and NYPD trunked networks crossing each block, Wi-Fi saturation in Midtown high-rises, and live event planning at MSG, the Javits Center, and Lincoln Center pushing dozens of extra channels into the same band on any given week.

Here is the breakdown. Our wireless inventory routes through Gotham Sound Tribeca and Trew Audio Brooklyn and centres on the systems Local 695-NY mixers reach for first: Lectrosonics SRc, SMQV, and DBSM digital transmitters in the Digital Hybrid and DSQD lineup, Wisycom MCR54 receivers with MTP41S and MTP60 bodypacks for spectral efficiency on multi-camera episodic work, Sennheiser Digital 6000 for cinema-grade story, and Sennheiser EW-DX where channel count and budget have to coexist. Two hundred-plus lined up channels are deployable for ensemble drama at Silvercup or Steiner. A single concealed lav is just as easily handled for a documentary interview in Harlem.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Lavalier choice is matched to wardrobe and concealment. DPA 4060 and 6060 subminiatures for under-collar work, Sanken COS-11D where the boom-op needs a brighter capsule, Countryman B6 in fight-choreography rigs, and Sennheiser MKE 2 for the under-tie placements that prestige drama keeps requesting. Frequency planning is the deliverable that matters most: our team runs a full RF scan at each NYC location, asks the FCC ULS database, registers Part 74 LPAS licensed ops where high-power systems need it, and publishes a frequency plan to the sound department, picture department, IFB feeds, comms, and any wireless video on the same shoot.

Here is how the picture comes together. Antenna delivery with Wisycom or PSC active multicouplers, RF Venue diversity fins, and proper coax runs are configured for Manhattan high-rise interiors where rebar attenuates signal. Backup transmitters travel with each booking, and on-call RF support runs through the shoot day.