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  1. Sennheiser make one but it is hugely expensive so when I was at Sky we made our own till we go the Shure digital radio mics that are far better and we use them at the BBC in Salford now too.
  2. As for headsets we use HMD 26 or 27 now in broadcast but you may also be able to pick up an HMD 25 that will also do the job. In the old days before such headsets were available we used to just tape a Sony ECM50 inside a wind gag on a DT100 coms headset. We also used these Audio Technica ones on the 2014 Commonwealth games for commentator headsets and they sound great for a ,lot lower cost, you need a large wind gag on most of them though as they can blast a bit when used in close proximity: https://www.audio-technica.com/en-gb/ath-m50xsts?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxevr3ZKAggMVweztCh1jkAqbEAQYByABEgKOUvD_BwE
  3. Your early warning wake up call is sponsored by those nice people from G4s and in conjunction with the CO-OP funeral service! 😀
  4. I did a very good radio mic training course at Sennheiser a few years ago when I worked for Sky and if you can get a hold of their book it is excellent too at explaining the effects of cabling and gain structure for aerials. I also used the 9000 and 6000 ser digital radio mics and they are far superior to the analogue ones. We also had the Shure digital radio mics at Sky and we have 16 channels of them here in Salford for BBC sport and they are superb too with none of the problems you get with analogue radio kit. They pretty much sound like a cabled mic now and the digital filtering means you can get a lot more channels per air space and I have never heard one of them drop out in the five years I have used them.
  5. Brought to you by those nice people that did track and trace plus G4s! I also saw that you now need a photo ID card to vote these days so they got that one through the back door too and no doubt have bought all the phone numbers from Tik Tok and Meta (facebook)
  6. Ah the joys of modern telecoms post BT sell off in the 80's. We have so much choice now don't we ??? but that copper bell wire is still the most prevalent system of transmission until Open Reach get around to digging up your street like the cable people did in the 1990's. I ditched my landline 10 years ago now as got sick of paying BT, SKY et all £40 a month for 350k broadband and now pay Three £15 a month for a 4G router and around 20-30 mbs of service. I have the same system on my boat in London but as it is the beautiful south they actually have 5G available with over 1,000mbs of speed available but as I don't live there Three won't allow me to buy a 5G router for boaty. No doubt once Open Reach et all have been paid twice to give us all that high speed stuff other countries have had for two decades there will be some new technology invented ala super wifi to connect everyone at last but high speed rail links to Birmingham seem to more of a priority. 😆
  7. I once visited a company in the North East called Tioxide and they made the pigment that was in most paints and other materials. It was titanium oxide and I found this source on e-bay so it may be worth a try: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/401924888661?var=672483654402&hash=item5d94971855:g:fDAAAOSw9odfT6DY&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4PI2nA45pxofGa2p%2B78nHhQuMFZD2q0XacQ8LTb%2FrRC7CFkTLZ2R4zQidGT1TP%2FxGJsrJ8T1UqXhVHgHcpp0nUgOOjNjHgASjdlm9NOBTTw2OxuV%2FGUCNMmiRdPse91Q%2BRyv%2B9YncyrSUiaWSj7UIG2bEDjVa1lKbxQxe4y2QC0tEf9%2FTFYB8fgtJQueLUp0lqKUQuPOVYkF5f1p278sDl2qSsSOFAtOuH%2FKCcZcHOxsq93trGjUjUtG0w59pVrBkZ57qB0fPSboOCIXmiwq0zRSnW7oPNlfV18cPf0fgHd%2F|tkp%3ABk9SR9LtycORYQ
  8. Several e-bay listings for the headworn cheaper option but I suppose you can also have a few spares: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174910963483?hash=item28b9817f1b:g:rUAAAOSwJm1hKJgq&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA8K%2BTfLuEcACUDzpv6psp0Uu17BMEj%2FYqsPeeuxBAhpKFhK6FMaNWZvEcVK3zu%2Bgx%2BxY0dxZ6Kf21BmchVrJU2UPU0lFP%2FIFRmfLN67FeWvTmIrFomW0CUS20MJWSH7V0ZKEYsoIZYqSRJFWocZh05l%2Fq9nYUUsYUaiIyArKvuE5IhwnsDxpqNrA6KooXO3Tej3AyUnKnga8%2BhKfe4rk%2BvpnhlnT1g9PdfWUvY2ik0i%2BodXi%2BGh8QX8hgz8uFv5mK%2B3oT3YZtHnGyxckbQyGjg4rIVN7CS1njHMHIYENAcGcQBo8%2B27GykUQJmyHWNEB6Xw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR97Gg9qMYQ I think the four pin can also be used with three pin packs but others may advise more
  9. The D25 was used on 2001 a Space Odyssey too:
  10. It's a D25 and pre dates the D12. They were used on film booms in the 1960's: https://www.vintagemicworld.com/html/Mic of the month November.html
  11. Sennheiser do a superb handbook on wireless systems and it is well worth seeking a copy from them as the cable v gain booster balance equation is quite critical to the system. https://en-uk.sennheiser.com/wireless-handbook-sennheiser-sound-academy
  12. You can get the adaptors for phantom to T power on e-bay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233253957403?hash=item364f04ef1b:g:B-oAAOSwnAdc~s0G
  13. Those bigger mics could be fichord? The fichord was also I think then made into a Calrec valve mic and I used to have a couple of them that are now in the Calrec museum. In the 80's we also used the Calrec 2010 and 2050 mics that had omni and cardioid screw on removable capsules but the threads were a lot more robust but they also had a short and a long extension tube available. When AMS bought Calrec in the early 90's they had Keith Ming there and he took over the service of the Calrec mics and then bought the rights to them and started Hebden Sound. He made some gold plated ones and they are the mics that you can see on the opening of Parliament when the Queen reads her Governments proposals. Sadly Keith is no longer with us but he was a lovely guy and always great to chat to when I worked at AMS Neve in the early 90's. We also had the Carlec / AMS soundfield mic then but that was sold off the Drawmer and then onto Soundfield inc.
  14. https://www.thomann.de/gb/superlux_hmd685a.htm Ok a bit more expensive by I bought some cheap e-bay ones for my RT units and they lasted 10 mins.
  15. Have a look at these TBS devices and I personally use one for IPTV streaming and find the software excellent: https://www.pciex.ne...s/hdmi-encoders I have the HDMI 2603AU NDI one but they also do SDI units.
  16. Tom Howard I would check with TBS regarding their stream boxes as my understanding is that the one I have takes HDMI inputs and streams via the IP connector. They do have other interfaces available so don't take my word for it as I have only been using mine to do HDMI to Facebook and You Tube etc I am by no means an expert on all this IP stuff. I think TBS do a streaming box with the four way split you mention as they are used for CCTV coverage etc, it may be the one I have does it too but I haven't been using it much recently.
  17. Mr Sheen is really good at removing glue gunk and cleaning. I also use it for the PVC windows on my boat.
  18. The Behringers are very good value and a friend uses them as audience mics on very well known TV shows. Studiospares do a very low cost electret mic too and you could ask them for one for evaluation as you are potentially ordering several but at this price is allows for some spares: https://www.studiosp...-mic_449670.htm I have a few Citronic mics and they seem good value too: https://www.studiospares.com/microphones/mics-condenser/citronic-ecm2-condenser-microphones-stereo-pair-477800.htm The Takstar CM60 is also a nice budget Chinese mic for the money and a full condenser: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264795896890?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3Ddf8fbd7ead6f4e9884d4f6a97538c27e%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D313528811472%26itm%3D264795896890%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26brand%3DTakstar&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A65b6de3f-c04d-11eb-9fb8-76ea91766b75%7Cparentrq%3Ab6f8aed81790acf267df2b52ffeed5fc%7Ciid%3A1
  19. I have done loads of testing for streaming over the past year and OBS is great for base level but if you also drop the stream to 720p it will be more stable and suit You Tube etc better. I have not heard very good things about the Black Magic Web presenter and it is quite old now and there are better quality units on the market inc their ATEM vision mixers/ streamers. Also if you have the budget invest in a dedicated hardware streamer as it will give even more control and also allow main and back-up steams to be set up as well as multi platform if you need it. I have sourced a streamer from TBS and their software is excellent and very stable to use with lots of options inc NDI, I personally went for this one as it also gives reverse video capability but they have various hardware encoders available: https://www.pciex.ne...=32571628060756
  20. Yes the TBS devices will go direct to You Tube and even better you can TX to multiple platforms at the same time with the added advantage of a main and back-up stream at different config too but you will also need a 4G wifi router ethernet link to get it all there. <br><br>Sorry I gave a bit of duff gen as I haven't used mine for a few weeks but it is an HDMI in/out device but it is easy to convert to SDI if needed. They also do a more simple device for lower cost if all you need is to stream one camera source but the software can still do multiple streams at the same time.<br><br><a href="https://www.pciex.net/products/tbs2603se-ndi-supported-h-265-h-264-hdmi-video-encoder?variant=32205595869268" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">https://www.pciex.ne...=32205595869268</a><br><br>There is also a lower cost simple encoder too: <a href="https://www.pciex.net/collections/hdmi-encoders/products/easystream-es264-hdmi-h-264-hd-encoder?variant=21703459176532" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">https://www.pciex.ne...=21703459176532</a> <div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>
  21. Most ENG type cameras can run on 12 volts and I also have a Huwei B535 4G router that runs on 12v: I personally have two Panasonic HPX 371 P2 cameras and their ENG style is ideal for following sports production and with 720p for streaming they give a good quality stable HD SDI output. If I want two or three camera coverage I use a 12v Datavideo vision mixer but for single camera I just go SDI into the streamer: https://www.datavideo.com/eu/product/SE-650 I also have a TBS SDI to ethernet streaming box that also runs off 12v so it is a good broadcast quality complete package that can all run off the camera V lock batteries or a larger battery box with a 12v 85ah car battery in it. https://www.pciex.net/collections/hdmi-encoders/products/tbs2603au-ndi-hx-supported-h-265-h-264-hdmi-video-encoder-decode?variant=32571628060756 Following sport can be a challenge but with a decent ENG style camera it is far easier than a smaller or DSLR type with limited screen in daylight. Most ENG type cameras can run on 12 volts and I also have a Huwei B535 4G router that runs on 12v: I personally have two Panasonic HPX 371 P2 cameras and their ENG style is ideal for following sports production and with 720p for streaming they give a good quality stable HD SDI output. If I want two or three camera coverage I use a 12v Datavideo vision mixer but for single camera I just go SDI into the streamer: https://www.datavideo.com/eu/product/SE-650 I also have a TBS SDI to ethernet streaming box that also runs off 12v so it is a good broadcast quality complete package that can all run off the camera V lock batteries or a larger battery box with a 12v 85ah car battery in it. https://www.pciex.net/collections/hdmi-encoders/products/tbs2603au-ndi-hx-supported-h-265-h-264-hdmi-video-encoder-decode?variant=32571628060756 Following sport can be a challenge but with a decent ENG style camera it is far easier than a smaller or DSLR type with limited screen in daylight. A decent fluid head tripod is essential and a good zoom lens and my P2 cameras have Fujinon 17x zooms, I have also done single camera for ITV/ITN on football matches but we had 42x zooms on for those as we were way up in the gantry and you need a very stable tripod for that size of camera,
  22. I had a similar dilemma recently when looking at a HD video mixer set-up and whilst I could have got a cheaper Chinese copy of the ATEM or other vision mixers I took one look at the software screens on it and decided to go for a datavideo set-up as it gave me more support and confidence. Ok it is made in Korea but the warranty and support from the UK supplier is well worth the extra cost. I did however buy a Chinese TBS streaming interface and whilst the software can be challenging to understand their support direct form China was superb even though I had bought it thru their Uk distributor: https://www.pciex.ne...=32571628060756 I have been looking at a similar lighting deck to Paul for my TV studio but as the requirements are pretty basic I would prefer to go for a more basic desk from Thomann rather than go for a copy that may have software that does not give me some sense of reliability. I am a bit wary of some Chinese suppliers now as the recent 2tb SSD USB 3 high speed drives I bought cheap from a company called Novoder have ended up with me getting two very slow 2tb USB A memory sticks and a dispute to try and get my £39.99 back. There seems to be all sorts of people in the supply chain and that can be the problem with some of the so called UK based Chinese suppliers they use students and all sorts of smoke screens to hide their true identity.
  23. Recently saw some of these Superlux headsets and I have some of their active headphone amps and the are very well built: https://www.thomann.de/gb/search_dir.html?sw=superlux+headset&smcs=a466c1_10230
  24. Can't remember exactly what these were used for but we had a lot of Glensound kit on international athletics and other ITV and BBC sporting events and I suspect this was just part of the distribution system for unilateral audio as most of the incoming comms and IFB circuits wouild be via GPO or latterly BT telephone lines so you needed to isolate them and distribute to other positions for earpiece feeds ete or into commentary boxes. Other outputs would go into a monitoring matrix so you could hear and establish the comms before passing onto the presenters etc. The last time I used all this kit was in 1990 for the indoor athletics championships at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow and we had a central lines area with Glensound mixers for all the BT lines to go in and then the commentary boxes were in the stadium via coax multiplex. We used an AEQ digital system via fibre optic on London 2012 and other Olympics but for Glasgow 2014 commonwealth games it was back to a Glensound digital system on fibre optic. I think that is basically a six way active split and distribution box but the -20 inputs would be more for telephone lines and then they are taken up to 0db line level for distribution. It could also be for buffering international sound and production talkback feeds etc.
  25. Ha ha I love live TV and it is always fun to do. Been in broadcast 41 years now and the best I ever did was The Tube for Ch4 1982-1987 and it was live from studio 5 at Tyne Tees for 90 mins on Fridays. All of the bands were live in the studio too but we also had film packages and doco style stories. The late Gavin Taylor was the director and it was quite rare for things to go wrong in those days as it was a great team effort. Done many live OB's too and they tend to be a bit more chaotic but with plenty of rehearsal and set-up time it can all go very smoothly as we owned and looked after all of the kit ourselves. These days there tends to be more reliance on hired resources and therefore costs get cut and guarantee engineers are more prevalent but it tends to run Ok if everyone has the time to do their jobs. The big problem these days is that we rely on digital technology far more and when it all works it is great but when it goes wrong you can lose an awful lot. I did Ascot for a major broadcaster last year and we lost the main fibre that had most of the feeds on it so 7 out of 9 screens all went black for about 30 mins. We did had the back-up race feed and a presenter back at base in the studio so at least to air it didn't look too bad but as all the comms were on the fibre too it was all a bit hectic. As others have said pre-recording openers or any other complicated content is very common and then just linking the whole lot together is the easy bit. OBS is excellent and free and it is getting a lot easier to stream live to platforms such as Facebook and You Tube etc but I would recommend a sep laptop for the stream set-up and investing in a hardware encoder to take the strain and also allow multiple stream paths for back-up etc. I personally have bought this TBS box for streaming and do a hybrid set-up with a vision mixer that is fed with live cameras and a macbook with OBS for VT playback and other things such as graphics and small go pro type cameras for cut aways etc. I do a little IPTV project and have this vision mixer and a behringer XR18 with an X toouch for the audio. There are three main line HD cameras and a couple of Go Pro thru the OBS which is also doing VT playbacks etc: https://www.digibroadcast.com/editing-c2247/switchers-c135/datavideo-data-se650-4-input-hd-digital-video-switcher-p20853/s21159?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=datavideo-data-se650-4-input-hd-digital-video-switcher-data-se650&utm_campaign=product%2Blisting%2Bads&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-43bitv27AIVBevtCh3FnQwfEAQYASABEgJKF_D_BwE The TBS stream box I have is this one and it even gives you NDI support and a reverse video feed too: https://www.pciex.ne...=32571628060756
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