Lead
by wireless artisan James Stoffo, PWS employs frequency coordination
as an integral part of their services. While the demands
of RF grow exponentially, PWS brings a level of expertise
and execution leading the industry in site sweeps and coordination
of all wireless systems.
An impressive demonstration of frequency coordination was
displayed at the live finale of the Apprentice. According
to Stoffo, “we ended up
using 37 live Sennheiser RF mics throughout the course of
the show. They had full coverage of the stage and out into
the audience--no hits, no dropouts, no riz-- everything sounded
perfect. That's because we stayed right on top of it and
continually monitored the RF once we were set up. Although
the finale took place inside Lincoln Center", Stoffo
continues “we had lots
of RF to deal with. There's the Juilliard School right next
door and some other theaters we had to watch out for, along
with some personal monitoring systems and wireless intercoms.
All in all, we had about 100 drops of RF systems. The event
went off flawlessly and everybody really loved us.”
Frequency coordination for Super Bowl XXXIX proved to be
another day at the office for the PWS team. Stoffo includes
some of the details, “there
were over 1,000 channels of RF on the field, including all
the various production and game communications systems, plus
television requirements. This year, there were so many comms
that I had to have the coach comms kill there stuff when
we were up, and I would kill my stuff when the game was on
so the coach comms and ref mics worked. We had to literally
take turns."
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