Wireless mics are already under increasing pressure to...

Wireless mics are already under increasing pressure to do more with less spectrum, and options under consideration for the devices after the incentive auction don’t fit the sector’s needs, a group representing a broad cross section of wireless mic interests said in an FCC filing. Under the latest development, the FCC is considering a uniform 11 MHz duplex gap in the 600 MHz band, with 4 MHz set aside for wireless mics (CD May 9 p8). “Critical wireless microphone operations cannot be supported in small swaths of spectrum (e.g., 2 MHz or 4 MHz) and where such spectrum abuts adjacent wireless services, the utility of the spectrum will be greatly reduced,” the group said (http://bit.ly/1saYbLN).