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Equipment file · Wireless microphone system

Vega Cordless Mike line

Vega Electronics · 1959; expanded through the 1970s

Evidence status · verified

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An early commercial wireless-microphone family used in broadcasting and live public appearances.

Introduced
1959; expanded through the 1970s
Category
Wireless microphone system
Intended use
Wireless speech, vocal, and broadcast pickup
Production
Multiple models through the 1980s

Why it mattered

  1. 01

    Helped move wireless microphones from experiments into repeatable commercial production.

  2. 02

    Established a product lineage used before diversity receivers became common.

Engineering record

Patent lineage
The commercial system followed Raymond Litke's wireless-microphone work and patent filing of the late 1950s.[1]

Original pricing

No reliable period price located

2026 equivalent

Not calculated without a reliable original price.

The line covered several models and no single dated list price was verified.

Use in the field

Vega wireless microphones were used by broadcasters at the 1960 United States political conventions.[1]

Manuals & original documents

No authoritative manual or original document has been located for this profile.

Sources

  1. 1Modern Marvels: The Development of Wireless Microphone TechnologyProSoundWeb · reference

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