The Teradek Bolt 6 XT MAX Set with 10K RX pairs a Bolt 6 XT MAX transmitter with the long-range Bolt 6 XT 10K receiver, for zero-delay 4Kp60 10-bit 4:2:2 HDR video over 12G-SDI on the 5 GHz and 6 GHz bands. With Broadcast Mode on, the receiver reaches up to 10,000 ft line of sight from the MAX transmitter, and about 5,000 ft with it off. Both units come with Gold Mount or V-Mount battery plates.

The MAX transmitter

The transmitter takes 12G-SDI or HDMI 2.0, loops out 12G-SDI and converts HDMI to SDI, and it has four external 2 dBi antennas. It sends two channels of embedded audio with the picture, along with metadata, timecode and start/stop flags from most camera manufacturers.

The 10K receiver

The receiver needs no external antenna cables: its array panel antenna sits inside a shielded all-in-one enclosure that goes from the case onto a C-stand on the supplied yoke mount. It outputs over 12G-SDI and HDMI 2.0, and its output processing includes a deinterlacer, frame rate converter and scaler, with 1D and 3D LUTs. It measures 330 x 55 x 322 mm and weighs 2.01 kg.

Control and compatibility

Pairing, frequency adjustments and a spectrum analyser for RF checks are all in the Bolt App. The link is AES-256 encrypted with RSA-1024 key exchange, and delay is under 0.001 seconds without format conversions. Outside Broadcast Mode the set also works with additional Bolt 6 receivers, and with Bolt 4K receivers on the 5 GHz band. In Broadcast Mode the transmitter links to the 10K receiver and other paired Bolt 6 MAX receivers, but not to 750 or 1500 receivers.

Power and what's in the set

Both units take DC through a locking 2-pin connector, and the transmitter's input is 6 to 28 V. In the Gold Mount set, the receiver's plate takes 14 V and 26 V batteries. The set comes in an XL case with the 10K yoke mount, two 12G-SDI cables (18 in and 120 in), a USB-A to USB-C cable, an AC adapter with a locking 2-pin DC connector, a 2-pin to P-Tap cable and a 2-pin to 2-pin cable.