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Old 06-25-2003, 06:25 AM
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Anyone use personal transponders in Australia ?? Is it worth buying ?? Are they compatible to the Aussie racing systems ??
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Heaps of people use them in Brisbane and obviously think they are great.

There are three clubs here which have the later AMB system with which they work.

One will cost you about $120 so you need to make sure the club you mainly race at has a newish compatible system (AMBRC)
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Default I've been using one...

They are so handy!

You don't have to remember to grab and return the transponder before and after you race.

You don't have to problem of accidently grabbing the wrong colour or number from the rack.

You can concentrate on other race prep things..

You don't have to drill a hole in your body to mount the thing.

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the new ones (personal transponders) are digital so if you club still runs the old analog transponder system, they won't work.
best check with your race control.
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most tracks in Sydney allow for Personal Transponders. I use them in my cars.
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Originally posted by black-knight
most tracks in Sydney allow for Personal Transponders. I use them in my cars.
BK do they use it in northside and eastern creek ??

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Originally posted by FUK_WRX
BK do they use it in northside and eastern creek ??

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Yes both Northside and Eastern Creek support Personal Transponders, as does Castle Hill
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Originally posted by black-knight
Yes both Northside and Eastern Creek support Personal Transponders, as does Castle Hill
Gee thanks, last thing BK is the transponder number unique in those personal transpnders ?? Cause i dont want to get one and end up not using it because some one else have an identical number
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Numbers are uniqe, there is no duplications in the world.
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Gee thanks, last thing BK is the transponder number unique in those personal transpnders ?? Cause i dont want to get one and end up not using it because some one else have an identical number
it would be very rare to find another transponder with the same id/number. not going to be a problem at all.
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is the transponder number unique in those personal transpnders ??
All personal and system transponders on the AMBrc system are unique, so you don't have to worry about that.
We also run this system at Castle Hill off road, and will be loaning the decoder to Steve at Rooty Hill while he sends his away for the upgrades. This the reason for not running personals at the Winter Nuts
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Originally posted by heavy
Heaps of people use them in Brisbane and obviously think they are great.

There are three clubs here which have the later AMB system with which they work.

One will cost you about $120 so you need to make sure the club you mainly race at has a newish compatible system (AMBRC)
Where can I buy one from in Sydney?
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i got mine from trev at castle hill... best investment i ever made
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HOW MUCH DID IT COST YA ??
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HOW MUCH DID IT COST YA ??
i got mine from Castle Hill too, i think they are $120 (give or take $10)

Ask TJ...
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a mate of mine called them last week, and apparently they dont carry them anymore... you know have to go to the distributor which is Uncle Joe Patane...

I use mine at Moorebank... and they are sooo handy... even better when placed in fromt of your car... give you that extra 0.05 seconds...
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