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April 21, 2007 at
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If SFS used radio control for line ups on restarts, why was it taking so many laps to get lined up. Was it drivers not hearing or maybe race control. My choice race control under staffed.
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April 21, 2007 at
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Not everybody has radios as of yet.
David Smith Jr.
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April 22, 2007 at
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May be less expensive and quicker to just have the drivers carry their cell phones with a simple earpiece on Auto Answer and phone them up if they are out of line on the restart grid.
Most already own Cell Phones and those ear piece devices run around $5 at most Cell phone stores.
I use one during the races at the Indoor facilities, and I recieve phone calls and the calling party is in my ear instantly. Don't have to fumble to find the phone and push a button to answer.
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April 22, 2007 at
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Posted By: AMP on April 22 2007 at 02:33:02 AM
May be less expensive and quicker to just have the drivers carry their cell phones with a simple earpiece on Auto Answer and phone them up if they are out of line on the restart grid.
Most already own Cell Phones and those ear piece devices run around $5 at most Cell phone stores.
I use one during the races at the Indoor facilities, and I recieve phone calls and the calling party is in my ear instantly. Don't have to fumble to find the phone and push a button to answer.
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That's a great idea. That way the crew could call them also and tell them who to block or where to run on the track. The only problem is then you would have to buy your cell phone from Lanny so he could make $1 on them like he is on the radio's.
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April 22, 2007 at
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I agree, transponders would have been a better investment. And on the topic of lining up, I guess that we no longer go back a lap after a yellow. It wasn't just me it happened too, I saw it a lot during the A too. Looks like we're going to have to start racing back to the yellow flag.
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April 22, 2007 at
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Actually the cost effective approach to communication with participants is a simple low cost $40.00 FM Transmitter and $5.00 FM Receivers that can be found at most local drug stores or 24 hour Wall Marts. Most everyone else has an FM receiver mounted in their transport, truck, car or SUV.
If you need to use a portable hand held to modulate the signal out through the FM Transmitter, simply use a scanner to receive your frequency or frequencies of your hand helds be it VHF or UHF.
With everyone on the same channel, anyone violating that air space would be heard by the entire field of participants and those tuned into the FM frequency in the pits or grandstands.
The less expensive method of simple radio communication.
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