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New Radio Active Designs UV-1G Wireless Intercom System Now Shipping

radioactive-1214The new Radio Active Designs (RAD) UV-1G wireless intercom system, featuring proprietary Enhanced Narrow Band technology (used to overcome the ongoing overcrowding of the RF spectrum) is now shipping.

Enhanced Narrow Band technology, a unique modulation scheme, is 10 times more spectrally efficient than the current FM (Frequency Modulation) technology currently on the market. This proprietary approach is a form of Amplitude Modulation (AM), and it makes the transmitter’s occupied bandwidth — a critical figure in wireless frequency coordination — more predictable.

As a result, the UV-1G offers RF channels possessing an occupied bandwidth of a mere 25 kHz with the audio characteristics one would expect from a traditional FM system. In addition, the system utilizes the relatively unused VHF range for all belt pack portable devices, leading more room for operation of other wireless devices, such as wireless microphones and in-ear monitors.

Further, with the application of contemporary engineering techniques, the UV-1G implement a host of digital processing technologies that help produce sound quality with the warmth and intelligibility of an FM system.

Rather than pre-assign modes of operation for the user interface buttons, UV-1G belt packs include two programmable buttons that offer users a choice of multiple independent functions that can be quickly programmed. This can be done locally at the belt pack or via the system’s accompanying software program, and it means that a single technician can program an entire event’s worth of packs in a matter of minutes rather the hours it takes to manually program current technology for the same number of packs.

The headset connector on both the belt packs and the base station is field changeable between 5-pin female and 4-pin male to accommodate a variety of systems based mostly on the industry served. This is a solder-less connection that only requires a mini Philips screwdriver.

The belt packs also implement internal antennas to alleviate the problem of bending, breaking, or completely losing the antenna. In addition, they include a 1/8-inch stereo audio input so that monitor technicians may connect IEM receivers directly to their belt packs. This input can be used for any audio source, and there’s only one band split so that every belt pack works with every base station on the event.

To minimize rack space and maximize ISO channel operation, UV-1G systems allow for up to six belt packs per base station, and up to six base station links, for a total of 36 ISO channels between packs.

The UV-1G base station comes with two transmitter RF connectors so that it may immediately be connected to a combiner, such as the RAD TX-8, without any modification of hardware. The base station can also be connected to all standard wired communications systems, including Clear-Com, RTS and 4-wire systems.

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