Nathan Moody

I've gotta say that 100% of the "run away, screaming, right now" gig inquiries I've ever had have one thing in common: Horrid grammar. No joke. It's never the main scary issue, but it's a symptom that's been an almost perfectly reliable predictor of SNAFU-ness. I have never had a good working experience with someone who can't write a decent, short missive in email or on paper, in any department or of any discipline. Your grammar fascist, -Nathan

Yeah, the Sennheiser charts at least have the 700+MHz grayed out...not sure if that suggest they're really up to date, of course! :-p Seems that all one can do is check signal strength, transmitter location (as per Philip), and make a choice that mitigates the most obvious risks, eh? Easy enough. Thanks for the collective advice, guys. Much appreciated!

Hello! I've got a UCR401 in Block 21 I'd like to use as a camera hop, and in gearing up for some interviews, I'm increasingly in need of a pair of 411's for talent receivers. Ye Olde RAMPS yielded posts that expressed a preference for blocks 21, 22, and 25 in the SF Bay Area...but that was two years ago. In addition, I'm assuming that my talent receivers and the camera's non-tracking receiver should be on different blocks. My shoots will be in SF and Marin County, primarily. Admittedly, I tried to figure this out myself by using Sennheiser's freq finder, and it's a bit confusing...suppose I need to look for not clear channels so much as channels where the signal gain is fairly low? It's crowded out there! :-) Any thoughts from NorCal out there, or better resources I should turn my attention to?