Glen Trew Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 This Saturday, June 18, Trew Audio Toronto will be hosting a Zaxcom for a day focused on the new Zaxcom HD wireless. Both Glen(n)s will be there -- me and Glenn Sanders. Looking forward to seeing the pros in Toronto again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASI Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 Will be a livestream? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Trew Posted June 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 There are no plans for a live stream that I know of. This event is mostly in the form of an open house showing the Zaxcom HD wireless and discussing it with Glenn Sanders. I'm told there will be demonstrations involving someone on a bicycle in downtown Toronto to show the improved range of the Zaxcom HD system. If it requires a bicycle, it must be pretty impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASI Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 Thanks, Glen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 All of our new nab products including Deva 24 will be there. We will have live ZHD wireless demos. Hope to see all of our North of the border friends there. Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Trew Posted June 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 Will the Deva 24 be working? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 I will be demonstrating the Deva 24 as we did at NAB going over all of the features, configurations and the user interface as we showed in our booth at NAB. The Deva 24 will be delivering later this year. Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 On 6/16/2016 at 8:55 PM, Glen Trew said: There are no plans for a live stream that I know of. This event is mostly in the form of an open house showing the Zaxcom HD wireless and discussing it with Glenn Sanders. I'm told there will be demonstrations involving someone on a bicycle in downtown Toronto to show the improved range of the Zaxcom HD system. If it requires a bicycle, it must be pretty impressive. Pretty impressive a bicycle is included, however it will be used :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Deakin Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 It was a great event. Thanks to Glen Glenn and the guys at trew audio. Very cool range test. Some of us almost even got run-over by other bikers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTA Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 4 hours ago, Glen Deakin said: It was a great event. Thanks to Glen Glenn and the guys at trew audio. Very cool range test. Some of us almost even got run-over by other bikers. Any details of the range test or how it was done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Deakin Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 Rental mgr on a bike riding away from us on bike path. Using standard whips. Sorry I did not get the exact distance. I think Glen Trew or Glenn Sanders has the actual distance. It was really good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 About 1000 feet whips to whips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 On 6/18/2016 at 10:13 PM, Glen Deakin said: Rental mgr on a bike riding away from us on bike path. Using standard whips. Sorry I did not get the exact distance. I think Glen Trew or Glenn Sanders has the actual distance. It was really good though. Any photos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Deakin Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 I didn't take any but there were photos taken. I hope they get uploaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Trew Posted June 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 I got some photos, but they really don't tell the story. While the range test was not scientific, and no exact distances were measured, everyone there felt that the distance in that environment was impressive, and further than expected. We did get some map points so we should soon be able to show the start and stop points on a map. Our volunteer (Jeremy Vincent, or rental manager) was wired with the Zaxcom ZHD body pack transmitter and took off down the bike trail while the rest of us stayed huddled around the bag containing a ZHD receiver with whip antennas and a SpeakEasy speaker. Jeremy and the entourage had walkie talkies for two-way communication. We could hear Jeremy loud and clear as he biked away to a very impressive distance. The transmitter on Jeremy was actually on his chest (putting his body between the transmuter and the receiver. When drops outs finally occurred, though at a very impressive distance, we asked him to put the tramitter on his back, which actually allowed him to go double the distance. In fact, during that second part of the test we never got dropouts, but since he was completely out of sight, and we were getting hungry, we radioed him to come back, which, at the distance he was, it took a while. Keep in mind that this test was using diversity whip antennas on the receiver. Glenn Sanders claimed that shark fin antennas would have doubled the range. At some point we'll do a more controlled test using different antenna types, straight line tests, multiple closely tuned (100kHz and 200kHz spacing) and an analog comparison and post the results. But from what I saw Saturday, I think the ZHD system do well with range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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