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Originally Posted by MrB
Hello, my Son is racing a Mardave at a local club. We are using the clubs provided Transponders but have had at least 3 failures in a couple of Months. Last night he won a Final but he diddnt record a lap. He is 11 so could do with him enjoying a rare victory.
So i see 2 types the AMB and MRT. The latter is cheaper so is it inferiour? and basically can anyone tell me the differences. Thanks for your time. Chris.
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You've had some good advice in the thread so far but you need to be sure which type of lapcounting system your club is using!
Most clubs use AMB. There are two AMB systems - black club transponders is the old AMB20 system. Red ones is the current AMBrc system.
There may also still be some clubs using the KO transponder system or maybe even another system altogether!
AMB's own personal transponder is only compatible with AMBrc.
MRT do two kinds of personal transponder. One is a clone of the AMBrc transponder. The other is a personal version of the AMB20 transponder.
One thing you need to be aware of with the MRT clones is that they do not have their own unique numbers, all the numbers are cloned from already manufactured AMB transponders. This does mean that there is a small risk of transponder clashes although it is very unlikely to happen unless someone has had their transponder cloned, then sold the original on, or if someone has forgotten to switch their MRT transponder to a different preset number.
AMB transponders are available in the UK from
www.bbksoftware.com and also direct from AMB in Holland
www.amb-it.com