Hi, I'm looking into buying a couple of radio mics but there are so many on the net I don't know what to look for. They range from £15 to £450!! which is big difference. Any advice??

Well you could win one on this forum .

But if you can't wait until the winner is announced on Sept 7th, then you can buy the same one for £72.00 (Usually £84 each). They will be appearing on the Auction Site and website shortly.


If you want a "name" then I can Offer you the Trantec for £145.00. Or other Mics from Sennheiser and Shure to name but a few.

but what frequency do you choose?

i had a radio mic in the sunset bar at coral island unfortunatly the gala bingo club next door had one on the same frequency. i had some fun until they bought a new mic on a different frequency

I use a AKG UHF Mic which cost me about £200.
Which Coral Island did you work, witha Gala bingo next door, I did the same in Torquay

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but what frequency do you choose?

On the Main Legal UK Radio Mic frequencies there are 5 frequencies to choose from, 173.8mhz, 174.1mhz, 174.5mhz, 174.8mhz and 175.00mhz

You take your chance, but since the power output of these units are very low, you do need to be in the same venue as somebody with the same frequency Mic in order to interupt each other!.

Other Microphones Such as the Trantec S3.5M are switchable between 4 frequencies, so if you turn up at a venue with somebody already using the same frequency as you, you simply change frequencies . The S3500 Series has 32 Channels to choose from!

You can also buy Radio Mics which work on the UHF Frequency, this is less cluttered and you are unlikely to come across somebody using the same frequency as you, since UHF Systems are less common, less cluttered, and more expensive than the VHF counterparts.

You can buy an AKG UHF System for around £209.00.

i was using a trantec mic, it was the coral island in costa del Blackpool, were they put gravy on your chips

Having tried many, incl, trantec, I have now gone for Sennheiser (UHF). Slighty more expensive but well worth it.

ADS. I'm coming to Brixham, are you buying the drinks.........

with radio mics, it all depends what you are going to use it for.

if it is just for DJ links etc, a good quality mid priced should do the job.

I know of a DJ who spent hundreds of pounds on a wireless system, you could travel a million miles from the reciever and still be heard, the guy never walks more than 10' away.

I'm using an AKG WMS40 (I think!!) and it performs really well. It sounds good. range wise, its very good, having been used all around the club, including outdoors! (All in the name of testing!!). Its on the UHF band and is around £150.

Go the UHF route. More channels, less clutter (and taxis)! and the frequencies can now be Pan European. (Legal all over EU).

Definately UHF. I can remeber using a VHF system from an "unknown source" in Edinburgh which had a frequency extremely close to the local police.........

Remember too though the actual "head" of the microphone that you choose.

Having the "right" receiver, good aerials on both the mic and receiver, diversity (two channels), etc etc etc...are all for "nothing" if the mic makes you sound "rough" or squeals with feedback everytime you're within 10 ft of the front of the speakers.

I use a Shure SM58 diveristy mic... using the two aerials that connect directly to the receiver (14 inches long each), I can walk about 500 metres away (open ground) and I've tested it to about 300 metres through buildings/walls etc... (the signal goes through the walls, not me...!)

Most unusual use, at distance? I regularly get slips of paper from the valets at one hotel that I do, about cars leaving their lights on. So, I nip out to the car park...and announce... "The owner of F542 PRG, a red Golf....you've left your lights on... you've also left 3 empty Snickers wrappers on the floor, cd cases strewn all over the passenger seat, a sat-on packet of Bensons on the back seat... oh and 4 months worth of dust on the dashboard..." etc etc....whatever happens to be there.

I once saw, (and announced) a copy of Playboy in the backseat of an estate car...turns out that the owner was a girl... Still it takes allsorts to make a world, (and I love those pink and yellow coconut ones )

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a red Golf....you've left your lights on... you've also left 3 empty Snickers wrappers on the floor, cd cases strewn all over the passenger seat, a sat-on packet of Bensons on the back seat... oh and 4 months worth of dust on the dashboard..." etc etc....whatever happens to be there.

You've been in my Van????!!! - but You've neglected to mention the many empty KFC wrappers, The stack of Diesel Receipts poking out from the ashtray, and the blown lamps mixed with good ones just to confuse me when i'm in a rush!.