Handheld that can receive 600 mHz range?

[tbirddmnd]

I'm looking for a handheld scanner other than the Pro-26 (I know all about it) that can pick up the 600 mHz range for wireless mics. It's for the pastor at my Catholic church - he lives in the house behind the church and wants to hear the mic used by the visiting priests so he can know where they are in the Mass. Sometimes the pastor will come in for help during communion or for special announcements if he's not celebrating the Mass.

I'm not interested in the 800 mHz range at all, just need the 600 mHz area. It doesn't need to be a fancy digital, analog is fine. I was looking at the Pro-95 and wondered if it could be enhanced to receive this 600 range. If not then I'll just wait for a decently-priced Pro-26 to come along. I have one but for some reason it's no longer picking anything up aside from white noise - the antenna connection is fine. I was going to give my pastor my radio but since it doesn't work anymore I wanted more options.

Thanks!

Gonzo

 

[JoeyC]

It would be MUCH cheaper just to buy a 49mhz baby monitor and put it in the church. No inexpensive handheld scanner covers that portion of spectrum that I know of.

 

[tbirddmnd]

Thanks, but the church's Shure wireless mics don't broadcast at 49 mHz, I wish they did, it would be easier! Maybe it looks like I just need to wait until a Pro-26 comes available on the 'Bay at a decent price.

 

[Lynch_Christopher]

I believe what he meant you could do is take one of the baby monitors, put one in the church and then he could put one in his house which is actually a pretty good idea and inexpensive.

 

[JoeyC]

Thanks, but the church's Shure wireless mics don't broadcast at 49 mHz, I wish they did, it would be easier! Maybe it looks like I just need to wait until a Pro-26 comes available on the 'Bay at a decent price.

The churches mics operate at 600 mhz, got that.
Put a baby monitor near one of the speakers in the church and you don't need an expensive scanner to monitor an obscure frequency. As long as the house and the church are close enough to each other.

 

[tbirddmnd]

Got it, that'll work, there is a small speaker at the Shure receiver and a baby monitor could "re-broadcast" the feed. Excellent idea, thanks! Yes, the house is about 30 feet behind the church.

 

[SkipSanders]

30 feet? Umm, I know this is RADIOreference and all that, but the idea of just running a wire to a speaker in his house never occured?

If that can be done, it'd probably be a lot handier than the good man having to keep up with batteries, etc.

 

[tbirddmnd]

It was thought of but the pastor was wanting something that he could carry around in the house instead of a stationary speaker. The baby monitor receiver would do the trick. Sony makes a decent one.

 

[rcvmo]

the baby monitor sounds like the best option. My next question would be how would the priest in the house know how many parishioners are in the church to execute help?
You may want to consider a small camera w/ sound tied to the input of a cheap VCR, then take the Ch. 3 output and run a single RG6 to the house and let him monitor on an old analogue TV. After the thought would be a great security monitor
Just for starters beyond simple.
rcvmo

 

[gmclam]

600 MHz = TV channels 35 to 51

I'm looking for a handheld scanner other than the Pro-26 (I know all about it) that can pick up the 600 mHz range for wireless mics. ...

I was looking at the Pro-95 and wondered if it could be enhanced to receive this 600 range. ...

The PRO-95 is not a good candidate for this.

It is not just a matter of tuning to the 600 MHz band, you need to match the bandwidth of the channel. This "band" is used for over-the-air TV channels 35 to 51. Are these microphones broadcasting at "NTSC" bandwidth? If so you *might* be able to use an old analog TV to pick up the signals (I say might because some TVs will not pick up audio if they don't find a visual signal, so it depends on the specific TV).

If the microphone is broadcasting on a narrower channel than is used for TV, finding a scanner to do the job will be tough. If the microphone is just using TV channels, all you need is a scanner designed to pick up TV audio. Uniden makes several models that do that.

 

[n1das]

I'm looking for a handheld scanner other than the Pro-26 (I know all about it) that can pick up the 600 mHz range for wireless mics.......I'm not interested in the 800 mHz range at all, just need the 600 mHz area......

I'm not aware of any scanner on the market that covers 0.600 MHz (600 mHz), or 0.800 MHz (800 mHz) for that matter.

I'm thinking along the lines of an Icom R10 handheld....covers the 600MHz range you want plus has good audio. Be sure to power it with an external power supply because that radio is known for being a battery hog. On second thought, the R10 also covers 600mHz (0.600 MHz) and 800 mHz (0.800 MHz) too.

Good luck.

 

[W4KRR]

I'm not aware of any scanner on the market that covers 0.600 MHz (600 mHz), or 0.800 MHz (800 mHz) for that matter.

I'm thinking along the lines of an Icom R10 handheld....covers the 600MHz range you want plus has good audio. Be sure to power it with an external power supply because that radio is known for being a battery hog. On second thought, the R10 also covers 600mHz (0.600 MHz) and 800 mHz (0.800 MHz) too.

Good luck.

Icom IC-R20; AOR 8200, AOR 8200MKII; AOR 8200MKIII; Yupiteru MVT-7100, and a few others. These are expensive options, however ($500+ new) but you could search eBay for something used.

 

[sopranosno1]

try the uniden br-330t.

 

[W2NJS]

Be careful. Most pro-grade wireless mic systems compress their audio and then expand it at the receiver, so what you hear, unless you're using the system manufacturer's receiver sounds pretty mushy on a regular receiver. I'd suggest getting an additional wireless receiver and connect it to a powered speaker in the rectory. Great sound and it would sound "right."

 

[eraweeb]

You could pray for a solution!

 

[tbirddmnd]

<< You could pray for a solution! >>

Exactly!

Thanks for all the replies. The wireless mic system is a Shure ULXP4 operating in the 662-698 mHz range, with the exact frequency being 676.825 mHz, in the Group 6 band, channel 8. I may look into a used receiver on eBay as W2NJS suggested, but this is all dependent on cost. The baby monitor option seems the most cost-effective, but the Pro-26 might prove to be a good solution as well - I know it will tune to the frequency but I just can't hear it to verify since mine is broken!

Besides, if Father gets the Pro-26 I can take him along to an airshow so he can hear the air-to-air coordination of the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels!

 

[gmclam]

Ulxp4

The wireless mic system is a Shure ULXP4 operating in the 662-698 mHz range, with the exact frequency being 676.825 mHz

The audio for NTSC TV channel 47 is 673.750MHz and the audio for NTSC TV channel 48 is 679.750MHz. So this frequency is in between these two TV channels.

Be careful. Most pro-grade wireless mic systems compress their audio and then expand it at the receiver, so what you hear, unless you're using the system manufacturer's receiver sounds pretty mushy on a regular receiver.

You nailed that one. Here's what it says on the website:
Modulation +/- 38 kHz deviation compressor-expander system with pre- and de-emphasis.

You'd be better off using an intended receiver.

 

[cpsTN]

I'm not aware of any scanner on the market that covers 0.600 MHz (600 mHz), or 0.800 MHz (800 mHz) for that matter.

MANY scanners, including mine (PRO-164) cover the 800 MHz band (normally from the mid- 760's through the mid-960's).

 

[ibagli]

800 MHz isn't 800 mHz.

 

[n5ims]

I'm not aware of any scanner on the market that covers 0.600 MHz (600 mHz), or 0.800 MHz (800 mHz) for that matter.

I'm thinking along the lines of an Icom R10 handheld....covers the 600MHz range you want plus has good audio. Be sure to power it with an external power supply because that radio is known for being a battery hog. On second thought, the R10 also covers 600mHz (0.600 MHz) and 800 mHz (0.800 MHz) too.

Good luck.

MANY scanners, including mine (PRO-164) cover the 800 MHz band (normally from the mid- 760's through the mid-960's).

cpsTN, I believe that the comment by n1das was about using the term for milli-hertz (small m) instead of mega-hertz (capital M) and not about actually stating that scanners like the Pro-164 don't exist.

n1das, .600 MHz would be 600 kHz (kilo-hertz), 600 mHz (milli-hertz) would actually be .6 Hz. It's probably safe to say that there's not any FM scanners commonly around that will tune .6 Hz.

For those that're keeping score, here's a chart of the Power Prefixes that helps explain why M is different from m as n1das was attempting to point out. Power Prefixes