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<blockquote data-quote="Justice C. Bigler" data-source="post: 31781" data-attributes="member: 74">Re: Wireless Intercom Manufacturers (Vendors)?Philip pretty much summed up the offerings.For the analog UHF systems from Clearcom or HME (which now owns Clearcom) you are looking at about $10,000 per base station and four belt packs. Individual belt packs will run about $1,100 to $1,600 each after that. Riedel Acrobat will will about $9,000 for the CC-8 base station and the belt packs are about $1,600 each.I can tell you from first hand experience that the analog UHF systems are going to be easier to implement and you will have good coverage with only a couple well placed antennas. The Riedel Acrobat system is in a whole other league. There are issues with interference from PCS services, as well as multipath drops out depending on the venue that you are using it in. However, Riedel will come out and do a full RF analysis of your venue to determine if your venue will allow correct operation of their system. They WILL tell you that there are some venues that just will not work with their stuff. To that end you are left pretty much with analog UHF. I was not impressed with Clearcom&#039;s Cellcom or Tempest systems when we have them in for demo.Be wary about buying it at only 4 wireless channels. Once you have a working wireless com system, you will &quot;need&quot; at least twice as many belt packs as you have.You do absolutely how ever need to sit down and do some real RF coordination if you are going to use a UHF system to make sure that you are in the correct band, and are not getting or causing interference or intermod problems with whatever wireless microphones or other coms that might be used in the building.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Justice C. Bigler, post: 31781, member: 74"] Re: Wireless Intercom Manufacturers (Vendors)? Philip pretty much summed up the offerings. For the analog UHF systems from Clearcom or HME (which now owns Clearcom) you are looking at about $10,000 per base station and four belt packs. Individual belt packs will run about $1,100 to $1,600 each after that. Riedel Acrobat will will about $9,000 for the CC-8 base station and the belt packs are about $1,600 each. I can tell you from first hand experience that the analog UHF systems are going to be easier to implement and you will have good coverage with only a couple well placed antennas. The Riedel Acrobat system is in a whole other league. There are issues with interference from PCS services, as well as multipath drops out depending on the venue that you are using it in. However, Riedel will come out and do a full RF analysis of your venue to determine if your venue will allow correct operation of their system. They WILL tell you that there are some venues that just will not work with their stuff. To that end you are left pretty much with analog UHF. I was not impressed with Clearcom's Cellcom or Tempest systems when we have them in for demo. Be wary about buying it at only 4 wireless channels. Once you have a working wireless com system, you will "need" at least twice as many belt packs as you have. You do absolutely how ever need to sit down and do some real RF coordination if you are going to use a UHF system to make sure that you are in the correct band, and are not getting or causing interference or intermod problems with whatever wireless microphones or other coms that might be used in the building. [/QUOTE]

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