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Don Boomer

Don Boomer is Senior applications engineer at RF Venue. He has worked in R&D in the past for Peavey, Sabine and Line 6 and his rock band from his high school days has a song in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame

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The Time Has Come. RIP 600 MHz in US

Heads up- your wireless microphones and IEMs in the 600 MHz band are now officially illegal. FCC TV re-pack update, changes to spectrum conditions, and potentially impact on the T-Band 470-512 MHz

RF Training Session #6 Recording: Spectrum Analysis Tools

Webinar Recording for Session#6: Spectrum Analysis Tools. Hardware spectrum analyzers, software, and remote monitoring and management for wireless microphones and IEMs.

RF Training Session #5 Recording: Coax Cables

Webinar Recording for Session#5: Coax cable types, signal loss, impedance, do's and don'ts, and the ever popular 50 ohm vs. 75 ohm are discussed, along with Q&A from participants.

RF Training Session #4 Recording: Create a Link Budget

Webinar recording from the fourth RF Training and Q&A Session: Create a Link Budget

RF Training Session #3 Recording: Antenna Placement

Webinar recording from the third RF Training and Q&A Session: Antenna Placement Considerations for Wireless Mics

RF Training Session #2 Recording: Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS)

Webinar recording from the second RF Training and Q&A Session: Why Wireless Mics Dropout

RF Training Session #1 Recording: Why Wireless Mics Dropout

Webinar recording from the first RF Training and Q&A Session: Why Wireless Mics Dropout

TV Repack revisited

As we head into a new year, most people are now aware that the 600 MHz spectrum was largely sold off and that mobile phone service is moving in and lighting up. Here's an update to see where we are in that process.

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Spacing Wireless Mics & In-Ear Monitors Part 2

We received a number of questions about it and decided to do a follow up post with more detail and explore some more advanced techniques. The most frequent question we received was about the guard band between groups: What's the right amount of spacing between my mics and IEMs?

Frequency Coordination

Setting Up Wireless Mics and IEMs Together

How to configure wireless microphone and In-ear monitor systems for best performance. Antenna placement, frequency spacing, RF coordination software, and bandpass filtering are covered.