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<\/p>\nOne of the standard tests when evaluating new gear for location work was to see how easily it got zapped by the then standard Motorola walkie-talkie. <\/p>\n
I assume in these days of digits they might put out less lethal RF?<\/p>\n
In the early days of the \u201cBreakfast\u201d Satellite Van, walkie-talkie transmit affected the camera zoom control, so had to be avoided on live broadcasts. <\/p>\n
We did a breakfast item about the last warship to be launched on the Clyde, and we then stayed to cover the launch live for the one o’clock news. <\/p>\n
Just before they came to us, a photographer walked into the back of shot, hiding the ship. So I locked off the shot, and rushed around to move him out of the way. My walkie-talkie came off my belt and bounced on floor when the cable caught on something. I grabbed it, moved the photographer, and got back to the camera just as we went on air. <\/p>\n
Little did I know that hitting the floor had put the walkie-talkie into VOX mode, and the noise of the launch had put it into constant transmit. I arrived at the camera to discover that we had just gone on air with a BCU of the reporters nose.<\/p>\n
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Dave Plowman One of the standard tests when evaluating new gear for location work was to see how easily it got zapped by the then standard Motorola walkie-talkie. I assume in these days of digits they might put out less … Continue reading