Wisycom MPR60, MATF, and PFL RFoF Box Target Stadium-Scale Wireless for World Cup and OB Fleets

Italian wireless manufacturer Wisycom has expanded its professional RF ecosystem with firmware and hardware aimed at the multizone, high-channel-count environments that define modern sports television — from FIFA World Cup compounds stretched across North American stadiums to NFL sideline kits and touring OB trucks that must park antennas hundreds of meters from the production core.

The Tombolo-based company is shipping three interconnected pieces: an MPR60 wideband IEM/IFB receiver update, a MATF wideband antenna matrix for complex coax and fiber infrastructures, and a PFL portable RF-over-fiber (RFoF) box built for quick field deployment. Together they address the same production pain point broadcast engineers have flagged throughout the 2026 World Cup group stage — more talent IFBs, more wireless mic zones, and less rack space to manage either.

MPR60: three IFB channels on one 200 kHz carrier

Wisycom's latest MPR60 firmware (v1.3.0) introduces a three-channel IFB mode that lets crews stack up to three interruptible foldback audio paths on a single 200 kHz RF carrier. Paired with the company's MTK982 transmitter (firmware v2.6.0), the math scales quickly: as many as 60 IFB audio channels inside an 8 MHz UHF television slot, or 45 channels within a 6 MHz slot — density figures Wisycom positions as the most spectrum-efficient IFB approach available to large-venue crews today.

The receiver retains full wideband tuning from 470–1,260 MHz even in multichannel mode, preserving the RF robustness Wisycom built its sports reputation on. An optional multichannel IFB license lets operators replace three discrete MTK982 transmitters with one unit, cutting rack space, hardware cost, and the number of antennas competing for headroom in a crowded stadium RF plan. Wisycom Manager 5.0.0 accompanies the release for fleet configuration.

Wisycom also confirmed an IP65 environmental rating for the MPR60, a practical specification for outdoor venue placements, mobile stages, and rain-delay scenarios where IFB packs live under canopy edges rather than climate-controlled truck bays.

MATF matrix: eight zones, coax or fiber, one rack slot

For fixed installations and OB units that combine multiple antenna farms, Wisycom's new MATF wideband antenna matrix consolidates rack components that once required separate splitters, distribution amplifiers, and zone routers. The unit accepts both coaxial and fiber inputs, combining up to eight RF zones in true diversity and offering four buffered coax outputs in an 8:1 topology or two buffered outputs in a 4:2 layout — letting integrators hang more receivers off a single matrix without daisy-chaining passive splitters that erode link margin.

Operating range spans 170–1,260 MHz with an integrated ultra-fast frequency spectrum analyzer, remotely controllable antenna modules, and Ethernet-based management. Wisycom markets four MATF configurations so CAR/CER central-antenna-room designers, TV stations, and large-venue RF integrators can match hardware to architectural constraints rather than overbuying capacity.

PFL portable RFoF: diversity to the far touchline

The PFL portable RFoF box, now shipping, targets the location-sound and sports-field use case where coax runs are impractical but talent still needs line-of-sight to distant antenna positions. Each enclosure delivers true diversity over fiber via a dual-converter architecture, Neutrik opticalCON DUO connectivity, Ethernet for remote control or Dante workflows, and dual power paths — mains plus V-lock battery, the same mount effects cameras use on World Cup pitch cams.

Dual N-connectors, integrated power management with temperature-controlled cooling, and protected I/O round out the field-reliability brief. Wisycom offers three main PFL variants: two aimed at wireless microphone diversity pickup and one configured for IEM/IFB distribution. Beyond extending antenna placement from roughly 100 meters (330 feet) to kilometer-scale distances, the fiber path can carry ancillary data — effects Gigabit Ethernet for FX data, Dante, Shure ShowLink, and Sound Devices NexLink return channels — and Wisycom notes compatibility with most third-party wireless microphone ecosystems, not only its own transmitters.

Why sports RF planners are watching

World Cup 2026 production has already stress-tested U.S. spectrum coordination with 104 matches across three countries, bilingual rights holders, and record concurrent streaming loads. RF coordinators on those shows are managing more IFB talent loops, more roaming camera RF, and more venue-specific band plans than a typical league season — exactly the profile René Moerch, Wisycom group product director, cited when positioning the release.

"With the new MPR60 receiver, MATF antenna matrix and PFL Box, we're giving our customers powerful new tools to manage increasingly complex RF environments," Moerch said in Wisycom's announcement. "These solutions were engineered for the world's most demanding productions where efficiency, flexibility and RF robustness are absolutely critical."

For NFL and college football fall schedules, the same toolkit applies: dense coach and talent IFB on game day, fiber hops from truck to upper-deck antenna positions, and matrix combining when a single venue hosts concurrent pregame, game, and postgame wireless zones. Wisycom is distributing all three products through its global reseller network.

Featured image: Wisycom MPR60 wideband IEM/IFB receiver application photo courtesy of Wisycom (https://wisycom.com/mpr60-wideband-true-diversity-iem-ifb-receiver/).