Cue Equipment

FCC Type Accepted under Part 74 Subpart H

Antenna External 50 ohm (not provided)

The system provides 100 Hz to 6000 Hz audio response so the crew can monitor the actual audio quality of the program. Comrex cue receivers are designed with careful attention to bandwidth and capture ratio to assure high performance under noisy field conditions. These receivers run for over 20 hours on a 9V alkaline battery. They are rugged, portable and work at 100% duty cycle.

The CTA/LPQRA system is perfect for this job. With a full watt at 26 MHz, it has sufficient range to cover just about any story. (For instance, it has been used to cover many golf tournaments and to handle cues throughout the Astrodome in Houston.) In addition, this frequency band is available to licensed broadcasters for use anywhere in the United States, so SNG trucks are not geographically leashed to the station's operating area.

Comrex Cue Systems were originally developed for use as wireless IFB systems for studio floormen. When ENG, EFP and SNG took broadcasting to the field, the CTA/LPQRA system found its way into hundreds of remote trucks as well. Stations who use the Cue System say they really like being able to pull up to a remote and move quickly out of the truck without losing communications from the studio or having to be wired to their intercom system. Whether instructions are carried over 2-way radio, TV aural subcarrier, cellular telephone or satellite, it makes sense to receive this source in the remote truck where reception is strongest (or in some cases, the only place possible) and then repeat it to the field crew.

The LPQRA receiver has 6 KHz audio response for accurate program monitoring, ceramic filters for interference-free operation and high level output for intelligibility in noisy environments. It comes with a sturdy leather belt pouch and headphone.

The Comrex Cue System relays both program and instructions from a transmitter (which can be installed in a van, press box, stadium, etc.) to pocket receivers. The CTA Cue Transmitter is a 1 watt rack mount transmitter that accepts two audio sources (program & cue) and combines these sources so that cues automatically override the program, with program remaining audible at a lower level.