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The Rise of the Sound Cart


solowiej

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I needed a little cart to run small features that I could roll up easily into my Honda hatchback, and I ended up building this 12RU a couple years ago. Under 75lbs with power distro, lift mechanism works on 24vdc so I mount 2 of my V-mounts in series just for that when shore power AC is unavailable. Chargers and batts usually live in trays in the downunder. I was concerned it might feel top heavy but it's remarkably stable at full height (especially when the tires aren't flat from storage... changing those out now to airless). I'm also moving the two masts to the center of each side instead of over the tires so they tuck lower and don't add to the height when it's in storage mode. My bag with RX (not pictured) jumps in and out through the back as needed, BNC and N bulkhead mast mounts are in the fiberglass right above it. No cables pass through the doors, which can come off / go on in any height position. I also put extra video monitors on the back side to keep scripty from looming over my shoulder when video village wasn't happening fast enough.

 

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23 minutes ago, Philip Perkins said:

Are your wireless RX in a remote rack?   Monitor TX?

 

It's not all set up for these pics. I keep the RX in my bag with a Nomad. When I pull the bag out to use as a drop or in tight spots, I only have to swap the 2 RX antenna cables from the masts over to whips (or bowties) on the bag, plus plug in power to the bag battery instead of the cart DC source. I use D-tap batteries and my cart is wired with D-tap power takeoffs so that's a quick swap too. I've been using ERX for on-set motioring and hops, so I also have a big 2.4GHz  antenna mounted on the cart  with an amp. I swap that cable to an in-bag 2.4 antenna and go (2.4 TX is built into Nomad).

 

It 's straightforward to reconfigure the cart with rack-mount RX but I haven't so far needed more than I can keep in a bag, and that makes things seamless. Though a better solution will soon be a separate bag so nothing has to come apart and go back together.

 

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