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FCC orders wireless microphones to vacate U.S. airwaves

What a misleading article. As of this time last year, a block of frequencies that had been used for devices including wireless mikes were re-allocated for governmental use. All of the manufacturers knew about it and told their clients. The ban went into effect only after at least six months of notification of the change, and then the FCC was purposefully lax in enforcement for an entire year so that people had time to switch over. Now they are giving another five months notice that they will eventually crack down on this. It's a good two years of warning.

Time to buy a new mike.
 
Companies like Lectrosonics, Zaxcom, Sennheiser, Shure, etc wouldn't even sell to you from the affected frequency block starting almost 3 years ago.
They also had more accurate information up on their web sites than anything you could get at the time from the FCC.

Always a good reason to keep your manufacturers sales rep close at hand (besides a free lunch).
 
link to table of exact frequencies affected?

link to table of exact frequencies affected?

I haven't been paying attention to this- didn't realize I had to. I have some wireless mics I got several years back, so I'm curious if these are now contraband... what are the exact frequencies affected? Is there a link to a frequency allocation table somewhere?

(Mine are Sennheiser G2, freq. range 626-662 MHz)
 
No, you're not affected at all.

The only affected frequencies are popularly called the "700mhz" band, which translates to the precise frequencies of 698MHz to 806MHz.

Outside of that frequency block, there are no changes at all.

Between 698 and 806 though, you can expect to be operating illegally as of right now, and even if you continue to use them, you can expect increasing interference to the eventual point of those frequencies being completely unusable (at least in larger metropolitan areas).

Most wireless mic users in film and theater don't bother license their equipment in North America anyway, so being "illegal" is really just a word at this point in time.

At some point though, you'll be stepping on the "frequency toes" of somebody like Google, and they'll not take kindly to you for doing so.
 
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