It happened.

On Friday, January 15, 2010, the FCC commissioners ruled that it's time to vacate your 700MHZ wireless microphones.  We've known that this day has been coming for the past couple years, and it hasn't been clear if or when the use of the 698-806MHZ frequency range would become illegal, but the deadline has been set.  You have until June 12, 2010 (one year from the full DTV transition that occurred in 2009) to make other arrangements for wireless microphones in that range. Some users opted to take a wait and see approach, and its your prerogative to continue to do so.

Over the weekend, we received a call from another client whose wireless microphones just started to act up.  If you're using wireless systems with frequencies between 698-806MHZ, reliable service will become a thing of the past, and operation of those devices illegal.  The wireless companies like Sprint, AT&T and Verizon paid billions of dollars for use of the airwaves and the new 4G services are coming sooner than later and device testing is upon us right now.

If you'd like to see the text of the announcement, please click here.  Or if you have questions or help making the transition to new frequencies, please call us at 800-747-7301.  We still have a rebate deal in place to help offset the cost.