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Yes - almost certainly that is a stick mic plugged into a radio mic transmitter body pack (the same or similar transmitter you'd use with a lapel mic).

These days you often see stick mics with integrated radio transmitters (or the horrible 'plug in the bottom' transmitter bricks) but in those days I suspect you had a small stock of body packs and connected either lapel or stick mics to the same transmitters.

The sound person would probably receive that mic with a radio mic receiver on his mixer so he could monitor levels, possibly record effects on a second track (if they had two track recording) or mix in effects (if it was single track) etc. In that they era may well also have been using uMatic VTRs rather than Betacam camcorders so the sound person may have been carrying that too - or there may have been a separate VT engineer doing that. (When 1" open-reel portable recording was used a VT or Vision engineer was often in the crew to handle tape lacing etc.)
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The Sky News Thread

FOX35 posted:
Just noticed Kay Burley has removed the "founding member of SKY NEWS" from her Twitter bio.


Yes - no mention of Sky or Sky News at all on her bio - just her son's contact details (who I guess is her agent, or acts as her PA)?

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Could I suggest the following would be worth thinking about :

1. Be nicer to each other.
2. Be more tolerant of each other.
3. Where mistakes are made in factual terms, politely correct them without snark or sarcasm.
4. Where opinions are disagreed with - remain pleasant whilst stating the opposite case.
5. If you can't say something nice about a fellow forum member, then best not say anything.
6. Remember this isn't just a forum visited by enthusiasts. It is also read by people working in the industry (who may also be enthusiasts)
7. Think about who is reading your posts, and how they would feel when reading them.
8. If you DO have dyslexia or another issue that may mean your posts look unusual or are difficult to read, then it might be worth putting something in your signature. A couple of colleagues I have at work who have quite severe dyslexia have a standard part of their e-mail signature that mentions it to avoid people thinking they are being disrespectful by rushing their replies. (And not everything can be picked up by spell check)

I know we're all guilty of getting caught up in personal opinions, enthusiasms and obsessions at times (and I'm sure I've been guilty of not doing everything I suggest above) - but you know this forum would be a lot more pleasant to visit if people on it were a bit more pleasant to each other.

If I'm honest, some of the conversations here amount to little more than bullying at times.