Jeff Wexler Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 State of the Art from Vega, 1979 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lightstone, CAS Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Yes, I used those babies in 1979. I had four of them and used to set up the receivers on a baby plate and place the C stand as close to the actors on the set as possible. If you did not have an external power source they consumed a bucket load of 9 volt batteries - I think they took 6 each to power the receivers. The photo attached was not my set up - it is pretty cool however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrd456 Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 I had Swintek wireless in the 70's [probably never heard of them] and they worked fine until you put them on the actor.So,I got Microns and they were amazing, but didn't work well when you had over three wireless going. they sounded better than the Lectro's. [all of these were VHF] J.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 I had Swinteks and Vegas. My Swinteks sounded and worked ok, mostly because they spent a lot of time getting love on the Swintek repair bench in Sunnyvale (near here). The Vegas weren't much more stable, and, yes consumed Alk 9v batts 5 at a time (1 TX, 4 RX), prob 2-3 changes a day. I hated the sound of the Dynex. I made my own Quadbox for the Vegas (4) and used a Swintek antenna splitter (later, minicircuits) and a single folding "tactical" LPA antenna. It worked out generally ok--even long distance and car-to car over bridges etc, becasue there just wasn't that much in the air in those days…. p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 I have ugly memories of being a PA on a mid-1970s commercial and having to walk with a Vega receiver about 10 feet from the talent, paralleling every step they made, like a 40-foot walk. I think we had me on the receiver and another PA keeping the cable just out of camera view. A nightmare. I don't miss those days. On the other hand: now, everybody takes wireless mics for granted as if they work 100% of the time in every possible situation. Back then, they were much more rarified and unusual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 I still have a NADY VHF/crystal Quad box! I have some old HME's, too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 There is a reason we didn't use radio mic's much back in the day. They sucked. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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