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That's an important point, and seldom mentioned. The shield on the mic wire will absorb a lot of the RF, if it is located next to the antenna wire! So while the antenna wire hangs down vertically (hopefully a few inches away from the body), the mic wire needs to be carefully positioned away from the antenna! For example, dress it immediately away from the transmitter, horizontally along the belt, and hold it in place with a few tabs of tape. If there's excess, coil it loosely elsewhere, not in close proximity to the antenna.

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Good information, thank you. I need to pay more attention to this and take a little more charge of how the mic is worn. So often I am putting these things on people who are not professionals or actors and they are quite uncomfortable with the whole thing. My first thought is getting proper mic placement but now I will put equal effort into "rigging" the transmitter, antenna and wire.

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I still would like to explore a better wireless setup than what I have now. Any recommendations for a three peice setup? (trans., rec. & handheld)

What would really be useful to me is if I could get a system that would allow me to plug into a mixing board and send a line level signal to my camera. Or at least a way to accept the board signal and get it to my camera with a strong signal.

Thanks for your input.

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Also late to the party here.... but I have an additional question.

We have a couple of G2 systems and one G3 system. The G3 has never given us a moment's problem, even when the XMIT is vertical and the Receiver was horizontal, but I do understand why they should both be the same.

The G2s have not been so lucky. We have one system that's a little more flakey than the other and is more likely to give us the phut phut kind of interruption even when everything is mounted vertically. We've even run the two receivers in to the same recorder when receiving from the same transmitter and the same one each time has the problem while the other one is perfect.

However, I've noticed that over time the arials are no longer 'straight'. They've developed their own curved shape. It's not huge, but they are certainly not 'straight'. How much difference will that make and is there some neat method I'm not aware of to make/keep them straight (if it actually makes a difference) ?

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The G3s' are diversity and the G2s' are NON-divesity that makes a HUGE difference for the RX units.

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"However, I've noticed that over time the aerials are no longer 'straight'. They've developed their own curved shape."
- A 'bent' antenna is not a big problem, unless it is actually broken, which would be obvious. It's typical for the these kind of antennas to get a little misshaped.
If it really bothers you, the replacement antenna part is relativity cheap, and can be installed in about 10 minutes.... by someone with electronic/soldering skills)

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Thanks.

While I do have the electronics / soldering skills required, if the antenna being slightly warped is not having any effect then I'm a firm believer in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

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Plastic drinking straws from take away food outlets work well to keep the antenna straight in storage / and with a little bit of tape will keep them off a sweaty body while in use. (just find a color to suit)
Cheap, easy to get, just cut to any length and disposable.

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Wow, great suggestion that would probably never have occurred to me. Thanks!

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Sorry to hijack

But I have the G3 wireless and how do you keep the backlight on?

I need to have the black light on longer than the 20 seconds when it starts to dim?

Thanks

Please advise

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"I need to have the black light on longer than the 20 seconds when it starts to dim?"
-You could push one of the up/down or menu buttons again, which should reset the light's timer for another 20 sec., or whatever the (factory set) duration is
AFAIK, the duration is not user adjustable... at least on the G2/3 SK100 Body pack transmitter and EK100 portable receiver.

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My question would be - why?

The backlight going off is to: A) to prevent an annoying glow from the equipment during a performance and B) to maximise battery life.

The 20 odd seconds is normally more than enough to make adjustments and is from the last button press.