Electrovoice RE 2 Radio Mics

[Bazz339]

Anyone any experience of these please?

 

They look like reasonable pieces of kit, but a site has asked me to give them some advice (Gratis).

 

Model Electrovoice EV RE2 Band E installed 2008

According to a brochure from the EV website E Band covers 841 – 865 MHz.

 

According to the user manual frequency assignment outside of the presets can be achieved using a combination of buttons in 25Khz steps.

 

Can anyone confirm the band E range and whether it is possible to re-tune a couple of presets.

 

They have been told they need to replace this kit at a cost of £ X000 and I want to investigate whether the licence exempt frequencies are accessible to them and therefore an option to try first.

The location is such that licence exempt should not be a problem.

 

I am contacting EV as well but want user input too.

 

Thank you for looking.

[Nicktaylor]

Well un licenced its just channel 70 at the top end of band E I believe that gives them four frequencies to play with. Why if they are spending thousands on kit has no supplier suggested they should buy a licence and get channel 38 kit with all the flexibility that entails?

[smalljoshua]

Would the people telling them to replace the kit also be the ones offering to sell it to them?

 

How many ways of wireless are we talking about here? You should be able to get 4 in the license free band (between 863.00 and 865.00).

 

Common frequencies are 863.100, 863.400, 864.300, 864.900) IIRC. There should be somewhere in the EV manual that gives a list of frequencies that are interference free. It's important to note that tuning to 863.00 or 865.00 means that the actual spectrum being transmitted on will be anything between 862.950-863.050 and 864.950-865.050 as radio mics work on FM principals.

 

Apologies if I'm teaching you how to suck eggs here!

 

 

Josh

[GR1]

If your client has got or uses 4 or less of these at once they can be retuned to the frequencies listed in Josh's posting and they don't need to buy anything. If they use more than 4 they will need to get some which will operate in licenced band 38. If they need to do this I would suggest looking at Sennheiser and Shure as well as Electrovoice. They will still be able to use up to 4 of their existing Electrovoicewith any new stuff.

 

I hope this helps.

[Bazz339]

Well un licenced its just channel 70 at the top end of band E I believe that gives them four frequencies to play with. Why if they are spending thousands on kit has no supplier suggested they should buy a licence and get channel 38 kit with all the flexibility that entails?

 

Because at the moment they are trying to avoid spending £000s on replacing kit they are happy with, I am assisting them in finding find out whether the licence exempt frequencies are available on the equipment they have. Any problems with interference that may arise are a separate issue.

 

These units were fitted in 2008 and I can only access current specs. on line and want to know from practical experience whether these units should be able to have some presets re-tuned simply on site to the licence exempt frequencies (As it looks like they should). They only use 4 radio mics. An alternative once I have positive confirmation of the full frequency range on the units and their ability to re-tuned a couple of the presets is to see if any site specific spot frequencies are available.