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To add to what Larry posted, there are numerous different positions currently available at Lectrosonics including machinists, assemblers, test operators, accounting, and several others. https://lectrosonics.com/careers/ -Karl

I'm happy to discuss any/all of this with you, Richard. Freedman plans to keep us where we are, manufacturing in Rio Rancho, NM, USA, and they'll be investing in our operations here. The management team, including me, will stay in place. Feel free to reach out with any other concerns.

Chile has a 10mW limit for devices of this type.

Mode 3 is correct for Lectrosonics Hybrid receivers to use with a 3000 or 5000 Series Sennheiser transmitter like the SK5212.

Yes, the straps of your harness would be a good place to locate the tip of the antenna - even better if you can position it to poke up above your shoulder on that side.

That was my first thought. This info is in the manual on p. 9 (see attached image). Also, if the mic gain is too low, it might not respond. Or, if there are any acoustic reflections. You probably know this but the RM needs to be pretty close to the lav mic for it to work.

Hi Tim, yes, we were closed last Thursday and Friday, which may delay our response if you sent us a message any time from mid-week on. I've sent a link to this thread to our engineering team, and they mentioned that the recordings you posted don't have the SPDR headers in them, and we'd like to get those original recordings if possible. Please PM me a link to a filesharing location if you don't mind setting that up. Also, if there's a way you can set up a test where the same transducer is feeding both an SPDR and also a different recording device, we'd love to get the two recordings for comparison.

Thanks for the heads up!

v1.8 is the latest version (January, 2016) for the SRb/E01 receiver. The issues you are having sound more like hardware to me - a qualified bench tech should look at that unit. We have service centers in Germany (Ambient in Munich), Spain (COEL), UK (ART), US (Jaycee Communications) and of course our own service dept at the HQ here in New Mexico.

Coax dipole antennas can be great for hiding on set - painted into corners, mounted on anything non-metallic, etc. Here's a tutorial to make your own: https://youtu.be/N5pkmrzsPHs?si=O-6JHaTWiGSlQxke Of course we sell them pre-made, too. -Karl

If someone's head didn't fit through the door before, it certainly won't now!

For the cleanest capture of the voice in this situation, I'd recommend an "ear-worn" mic like a Countryman E6 or similar. Initially, some people who wear one of these mics find them "strange" or mildly uncomfortable, but the gain in voice clarity is quite dramatic compared to lav mics mounted on a shirt or somewhere below the mouth. Generally, people can get to use to these if they them a chance. I agree with Jesse that capturing the sounds of the painting process is not likely to be successful, although I do think a shotgun mic mounted a foot or two away from and pointing at the center of the canvas is likely your best bet. It will hear some ambient sounds as mentioned above, but when quiet, you'll be able to hear the sound of the brush on the canvas.

I think for the majority of people here, and particularly those who have posted their very poor and ethically questionable experiences with Beverly Boy here and elsewhere online, the main point isn't about "building a resume" or "networking with top-notch crews". These are professionals who were contracted to do a certain job for a certain amount of money, and they weren't paid. This is breach of contract, pure and simple. Did Beverly Boy tell them upfront that they might not get paid? That this was all about "networking" or "building a resume"? I don't think so. The post from PrompterM above shows just how they work: when faced with legal action, they pay. Working professionals need to know what kind of operators Beverly Boy Productions are, so that this kind of usury can be stamped out.

The LT transmitter offers RF power settings at 50mW and 100mW (US/Canada version) and 100mW on a fairly clear frequency with the Digital Hybrid Wireless platform will go a LONG way. 100m+ is certainly not out of the question. As BAB414 points out, "it depends" is really the right answer because there are so many variables including how clean the spectrum is (this is one of the biggest factors), where the receiver is located (line of sight or not), external antennas or not, where the transmitter is (on a body? on a boom pole?), etc.

Lower cost per channel, however: 4 channels vs. 2

Yes, you are correct on both counts. Both units or either one could be Hybrid units in 200 compat mode and it would work. When you have dedicated block 24 and 606 units, say an SRb-24 and an SMV-606 and you run them in Hybrid mode, that's where you would run into an issue since the SRb doesn't have a "legacy 606 mode" like the SRc does.

Yes, in 200 mode, all frequencies have the same pilot tone, so as long as you are in the overlapped tuning range between block 606 and block 24, it should work normally.

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Kind of smells like a "419" scam, but very targeted and very specific. Likely the only money that will really move is the "overage" they send you in advance along with pre-payment, and ask you to then send that overage to a 3rd party (fake rental house? Lawyer? Fixer?). Later you find that their payment bounces, and you're out the overage.

Looks like they have been acting in bad faith for quite a while... here's a Ripoff Report from 2016. Most interesting is their heavy handed response in the rebuttals. One they signed, the other one they probably wrote but didn't sign. https://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/beverly-boy-productions/nationwide/beverly-boy-productions-they-claim-to-have-local-staff-crew-they-dont-and-they-lie-nat-1318024 The state attorney general's office in both of the states - yours and wherever they are from (California, I think) - would be interested to know the details of this situation. The CA attorney general's office specifically, since it is their state. Those guys don't mess around.

For line level, which seems to be what you would need for this setup, here is the wiring diagram: https://lectrosonics.com/accessory-links/product/mc35.html

Thanks for sharing - that does sound like good news for the EU at least!

Hi Jim, you can do with our Wireless Designer software. This software can be use in offline mode to do IM calculations, and you can import scans in CSV format as well. Walkies may be on smaller steps than 25 kHz, but for IM calculations, this is generally close enough.

The article I read also mentioned the 3 GHz area, which, while closer to our "home" is still a good distance away from any pro wireless mic frequencies. In-depth near-term study of 2,786 megahertz of spectrum for potential repurposing. After receiving extensive public input, NTIA has identified five bands for study. These are the 3.1-3.45 GHz, 5.03-5.091 GHz, 7.125-8.4 GHz, 18.1-18.6 GHz, and 37.0-37.6 GHz bands. This mix of bands could support a range of uses, including wireless broadband, drones, and satellite operations. NTIA will complete its study within 2 years. Full article here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/11/13/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-issues-landmark-blueprint-to-advance-american-innovation-competition-and-security-in-wireless-technologies/

IronFilm is correct - the 700 Series digital wireless mic system, introduced in 2002, did not have any compat modes, only the native digital transmission mode. A portable receiver was never made for this series, only the UDR700 half-rack single channel unit.