RF Venue RF PA Extension Kit breaks through thick brick walls at New Hampshire’s largest proscenium theater

RF Venue RF PA Extension Kit breaks through thick brick walls at New Hampshire’s largest proscenium theater

— Actorsingers community theatre leverages RF Venue’s new RF PA Extension Kit to wirelessly deliver low-latency, full-fidelity audio to speakers across multiple backstage zones, eliminating hours of cabling and setup in the historic and challenging Edmund Keefe Auditorium—

Walpole, MA, USA, October 9, 2025 — RF Venue – a leading global manufacturer of wireless audio essentials, found an ideal proof-of-practice application for its new RF PA Extension Kit at the Edmund Keefe Auditorium in Nashua, New Hampshire. The 1,503-seat venue, home to the state’s largest proscenium stage, recently deployed RF PA to streamline backstage and remote-area audio distribution during Actorsingers community theatre productions.

Built in 1936, the Keefe Auditorium’s 20-inch-thick brick-and-concrete walls have long presented a formidable barrier to backstage monitoring. Technical Director Dennis Schneider explains that traditional wired solutions meant running hundreds of feet of cable to reach multiple green rooms, makeup and costume areas, and the lobby. The process consumed hours of labor and ate into valuable rehearsal time on the front end of setup for a production and hugely complicated the compressed teardown timetable which is limited to just six hours after final curtain.

RF Venue’s RF PA, in contrast, delivered an alternate solution near instantly. “We plugged it into the console, placed receivers beyond the thick walls, connected powered speakers, and it just worked,” Schneider said. “No delay, no dropouts, totally rock solid. It’s the first wireless audio bridge I’ve used that I can trust for range and reliability in a multiroom setting.” RF PA operated dependably at the theater through multiple brick-and-concrete walls and over distances exceeding 100 feet, with no impact from 36 active wireless microphone channels, wireless DMX, and hundreds of audience cell phones. It was fully operational in under an hour even on first use, replacing roughly three hours of cable setup and hugely reducing strike time. With full-bandwidth audio and no perceptible delay, it delivered the low latency and high fidelity essential for music-driven productions.

Composed of one rack-mount two-channel transmitter and two compact single-channel portable receivers, the RF PA Extension Kit extends two channels of high-quality audio wirelessly via analog FM in the 470 to 506 megahertz UHF band. The 1RU transmitter independently converts two line-level analog input channels to separate RF signals. Hardwired audio pass-throughs leaves the primary signal path unchanged.

The portable receivers run on 12 VDC and output line-level audio to feed loudspeakers or other gear. The diversity receivers are IP 54 rated with weatherproof connectors for outdoor use. Facilitating use with satellite loudspeakers and delay towers in large venues, the receiver units have up to 800 milliseconds of built-in digital delay to allow satellite speakers to be time-aligned with the main PA’s propagation. Frequency and delay can be configured at the receiver or from the transmitter via a 2.4 gigahertz synch signal.

Because it operates outside the crowded RF bands conventionally used for wireless microphones and monitors, RF PA avoids competition for precious RF spectrum. Stereo or two independent mono mixes can be local cast to additional receivers backstage, in green rooms, orchestra pits and lobbies, outdoors, and it can even serve as a temporary main PA bridge during load-in. The MAP (USD) for RF PA with transmitter and two receivers is $1999, $549 for single additional receivers and $4999 for a one transmitter / eight receiver package.

During load in, rehearsals and performances, the system operated flawlessly alongside 36 wireless microphone channels, wireless DMX, and hundreds of audience cell phones. Schneider emphasized the value this brings to a volunteer-run company with limited access to the venue: “We only get 20 total hours of tech rehearsal before opening night. If I can save an hour or two by not fussing with cabling, that’s time I can spend improving the mix and the show.”

Actorsingers’ permanent RF PA will be packaged in a portable rack kit for quick deployment across the groups’ five-to-six annual productions and special events.

“From a technical standpoint, the RF Venue RF PA wireless remote speaker system has been a game changer for us,” Schneider concluded. “It gives us the reliability, range, and sound quality we need in one compact package, and it’s freed us from the hours of labor and frustration that used to come with backstage audio. For a historic venue like ours, with challenging architecture and tight schedules, this RF Venue technology is nothing short of essential.”

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Photo caption 1: The new RF PA Extension Kit transmitter

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Photo caption 2: The new RF Venue RF PA Extension Kit receiver

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Photo caption 3: RF Venue’s RF PA deployed at the Edmund Keefe Auditorium in Nashua, New Hampshire

About RF Venue®
RF Venue, Inc. is an innovative and fast-growing developer and manufacturer of patented antenna and RF communications products headquartered near Boston, Massachusetts, USA. For over 15 years, the company has designed and built specialized antennas and distribution to make wireless microphones and In-Ear Monitors (IEMs) work and sound better. Markets include houses of worship, schools, business venues and performance spaces, with tens of thousands of installations worldwide. RF Venue is known for its highly successful wireless mic essentials: Diversity Fin®, Diversity Architectural™, Diversity Omni™, and RF Spotlight™ antennas, the 4 ZONE™ active antenna combiner and HDR distribution, including the DISTRO5 HDR™ and DISTRO9 HDR™. It is also known for its wireless IEM essentials: CP Beam™ and CP Architectural™ antennas plus the new CP Stage™ antenna (suited for both microphone and IEM use), and the COMBINE6 HDR™ IEM transmitter combiner, along with other RF products. Visit rfvenue.com to learn more.