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<blockquote data-quote="Max Warasila" data-source="post: 89554" data-attributes="member: 3845">Re: An Argument I&#039;ve Been Having - ATW 3000 SystemsI think one of the most important issues with the ATW 3000 series are the strange things that happen with battery life. I&#039;ve been using these for the past week daily, and while I almost always change the batteries before I do any show at all, what I have found when I let the batteries go is that they tend to go for a lot longer than the battery indicators &quot;indicate&quot; they have left. On Monday, I had body pack at &quot;1 out of 4 bars&quot; for 3 times as long as it took for the indicator to get there. They also seem to like different brands better than others; what I mean by this is that some brands seem to give more accurate indicator readings than others. From what I can tell, what ends up happening is that (because the indicator uses voltage) all alkaline batteries give about the same battery life (6-7 hours safe from drop off), but some of the brands&#039; chemistry dictates that the voltage drops faster and then levels off (think exponential decay) and others use a linear pattern, even though they both cross the threshold of &quot;dead battery&quot; at almost the same time.Back to a particular response to the problems you had- that receiver is wondrous! Do you have pictures of that? Or better yet- the receiver itself? I&#039;d pay for it as a relic. In all seriousness however, I&#039;d say that you probably had some kind of faulty equipment. RF dropouts I can understand, as the ones I use do have issues with it on occasion. From what I can tell, though, it&#039;s mostly when actors have their hands right next to or ON the antenna of the body pack itself- natural causes by my standards.Addition:I also agree on the ULX as the minimum, though with the addition of ULX-D I am thinking of increasing that standard, as it&#039;s only a few hundred dollars away.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Max Warasila, post: 89554, member: 3845"] Re: An Argument I've Been Having - ATW 3000 Systems I think one of the most important issues with the ATW 3000 series are the strange things that happen with battery life. I've been using these for the past week daily, and while I almost always change the batteries before I do any show at all, what I have found when I let the batteries go is that they tend to go for a lot longer than the battery indicators "indicate" they have left. On Monday, I had body pack at "1 out of 4 bars" for 3 times as long as it took for the indicator to get there. They also seem to like different brands better than others; what I mean by this is that some brands seem to give more accurate indicator readings than others. From what I can tell, what ends up happening is that (because the indicator uses voltage) all alkaline batteries give about the same battery life (6-7 hours safe from drop off), but some of the brands' chemistry dictates that the voltage drops faster and then levels off (think exponential decay) and others use a linear pattern, even though they both cross the threshold of "dead battery" at almost the same time. Back to a particular response to the problems you had- that receiver is wondrous! Do you have pictures of that? Or better yet- the receiver itself? I'd pay for it as a relic. In all seriousness however, I'd say that you probably had some kind of faulty equipment. RF dropouts I can understand, as the ones I use do have issues with it on occasion. From what I can tell, though, it's mostly when actors have their hands right next to or ON the antenna of the body pack itself- natural causes by my standards. [I]Addition:[/I] I also agree on the ULX as the minimum, though with the addition of ULX-D I am thinking of increasing that standard, as it's only a few hundred dollars away. [/QUOTE]

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