As always thank you guys for doing these. I agree with the other comments that tests with tx’s in body straps. If you want to get more real world with it at least 6 tx’s, ideally for good measure 16 back to your system in the studio.
Can you please do all future walk test with the transmitter in a belt close to the body? These tests means nothing since no one can mike a talent in drama or doc work with the tx out like that and the antenna as well. The body takes a lot of the RF down when closer to the body. This is not real life situation. I think everybody would like to see your tests as real life situations. Please!
Thanks for the feedback, we are doing several more videos about this new product and will aim to include a wider range test in a more real-world scenario - this test was purely conducted to examine the absolute range of the transmitter. Thank you for commenting!
@@RaycomTV yes i understand. But what you could do for every test is to do it with 2 transmitters with enough freq separation on each side. 1 under clothes on a belt. (Left channel), the other with the antenna out for max range (right channel). This would be so much better!!
That's a good idea, thanks for the suggestion. I don't know if you've seen any of the other walk tests we've done but we have recently included a bag receiver with whip antennas as well as the fins at roof level to try to make it more real world. We might do a video showing the best way to place wireless to minimise the losses due to body absorption and antenna detuning effects. For this video we had about 6 hours with the device before the product launch to produce and edit the film, so we had to do a rather basic shoot.
I'm amazed at the range you're getting in this test. I have the A10 transmitters and I've always been disappointed with the range of them. I'm lucky if I get 100 yards line of sight before they start dropping out. Have you ever done a range test with the A10?
Hi Ian - thank you! Are you using a similar set up shown in the video? We haven't done one with the A10 but the product is now discontinued unfortunately. Have you seen our Walk Test of the Deity Theos?
Agree with others. This sort of test is all well and good with line of sight with enormous antennas on top of your office roof, but in real world, tx’s are strapped to body inside clothing with rx’s in soundie’s bag. This sort of test would be far more useful. Going in and out of buildings also more real. Thanks though
Thanks for the feedback! We agree that tx's strapped to the body would be a more useful test and it's definitely something we'll be looking to incorporate into our tests in the future. In this instance it was purely a test of absolute range (using the same setup as in previous walk tests to keep consistency) - keep an eye out for future videos where we'll conduct more 'real world' tests for you all!
There's a list of battery life expectancy in various scenarios on P7 of the user guide, you can download it here: www.raycom.co.uk/product/sound-devices-audio-limited-a20-mini-tx/
Good feedback, thanks. We are doing several more videos about this new product and will aim to include a wider range test. We had limited time and equipment to produce this video in time for global product launch.
As always thank you guys for doing these. I agree with the other comments that tests with tx’s in body straps. If you want to get more real world with it at least 6 tx’s, ideally for good measure 16 back to your system in the studio.
Can you please do all future walk test with the transmitter in a belt close to the body? These tests means nothing since no one can mike a talent in drama or doc work with the tx out like that and the antenna as well. The body takes a lot of the RF down when closer to the body. This is not real life situation. I think everybody would like to see your tests as real life situations. Please!
Thanks for the feedback, we are doing several more videos about this new product and will aim to include a wider range test in a more real-world scenario - this test was purely conducted to examine the absolute range of the transmitter. Thank you for commenting!
@@RaycomTV yes i understand. But what you could do for every test is to do it with 2 transmitters with enough freq separation on each side. 1 under clothes on a belt. (Left channel), the other with the antenna out for max range (right channel). This would be so much better!!
That's a good idea, thanks for the suggestion. I don't know if you've seen any of the other walk tests we've done but we have recently included a bag receiver with whip antennas as well as the fins at roof level to try to make it more real world. We might do a video showing the best way to place wireless to minimise the losses due to body absorption and antenna detuning effects. For this video we had about 6 hours with the device before the product launch to produce and edit the film, so we had to do a rather basic shoot.
I'm amazed at the range you're getting in this test. I have the A10 transmitters and I've always been disappointed with the range of them. I'm lucky if I get 100 yards line of sight before they start dropping out. Have you ever done a range test with the A10?
Hi Ian - thank you! Are you using a similar set up shown in the video? We haven't done one with the A10 but the product is now discontinued unfortunately. Have you seen our Walk Test of the Deity Theos?
@@RaycomTV No, but will check it out since I'm trying to decide if I should get those in the interim until I can afford the A20.
Impressive 👍
Agree with others.
This sort of test is all well and good with line of sight with enormous antennas on top of your office roof, but in real world, tx’s are strapped to body inside clothing with rx’s in soundie’s bag. This sort of test would be far more useful. Going in and out of buildings also more real.
Thanks though
Thanks for the feedback! We agree that tx's strapped to the body would be a more useful test and it's definitely something we'll be looking to incorporate into our tests in the future. In this instance it was purely a test of absolute range (using the same setup as in previous walk tests to keep consistency) - keep an eye out for future videos where we'll conduct more 'real world' tests for you all!
Hello guys. What mic was he using on the walk?
Hi Mark, Pyers was using a DPA 4060
Quite interesting. Any specs on how long the batteries last at 40mw?
There's a list of battery life expectancy in various scenarios on P7 of the user guide, you can download it here: www.raycom.co.uk/product/sound-devices-audio-limited-a20-mini-tx/
Really not for news teams ... :)
Lets put it under clothes in a belt, rx in a bag with omnis and see how that goes?
Good feedback, thanks. We are doing several more videos about this new product and will aim to include a wider range test. We had limited time and equipment to produce this video in time for global product launch.