Section: Wireless

Strand Lighting SLD96 vs Walkie Talkie

We received another email from faithful reader TN with a link back to YouTube with a pretty interesting video having to deal with Walkie-Talkies and a Strand SLD96.  While what is happening is not really explained, it does give some good pointers.  Don’t use a walkie Talkie around a strand rack!

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Announcement: iPhone PocketLD Application

Right before LDI this year in Las Vegas, Michael Zinman announced the release of PocketLD for the Apple iPhone application.  The PocketLD is a database and calculation tool for the entertainment lighting professional.  With PocketLD, you are able to enter the throw distance that you require, then select a manufacturer of a particular lighting fixture [...]

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Update: FCC Opens up “White Space” to Tech Companies

Recently, we wrote an update on the “white space” spectrum of the wireless band in the United States and what that means for the entertainment industry.  You can read our posting about the “white space” here. Today we received an email for a reader in the industry about the status of the “white space”.  Seems [...]

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