RODE Wireless GO II Receiver Clipped to a Pocket
What This Image Shows
A close-up of a small black plastic device with rounded corners clipped to the chest pocket of a green and grey plaid button-up shirt. The front face is printed in white capitals with the brand name RODE, a small gold circular mark beneath the letter O with the stroke, and WIRELESS GO II in smaller type below. A rectangular LCD is lit and showing active channel levels. A sliver of light blue fabric is visible at the far left against a soft-focus background.
This is a receiver, not a transmitter: the half of a wireless microphone system that stays with the recordist and takes the signal from the body-worn pack. Its screen is live, which means the system was powered and running when the photograph was taken.
That makes this one of the few pieces of straightforward physical documentation of the audio chain at the event, and the audio chain is the centre of the exploding mic theory that runs through this investigation. The corresponding questions - who fitted the transmitter to Charlie Kirk, where it was clipped, and what happened to it - are open. A receiver clipped to a pocket is normal event practice and implies nothing about the wearer. See RODE Wireless Mic, AV Team and Mic Setup, Burnt Object and the RODE Transmitter and Butch Hibbs.
Related Areas
- Cluster: Butch Hibbs
- All photo evidence: Photos