Using wireless microphones and related RF gear has become one of the more challenging areas for AV people in recent years with an ever-changing RF landscape powered by the fluid regulatory policy surrounding the rapid proliferation of portable Internet devices. Not happy to just wait-and-see, manufacturers have introduced systems that either include the current safe UHF bands or they have gone to other bands such as 2.4GHz. Spread spectrum technology and new encryption techniques have brought a new and much needed dimension to secure transmission while software applications to manage and monitor RF microphone and other equipment have become increasingly capable and feature-packed. MORE>>