[bbkRob]

Sorry you don't dive a damn SlowOne, maybe the clue is in the name LOL.

So here are 2 bits of information.

First the Halve, or in fact two Halves (Don't worry, they only count as one in the total).

About Half the size and weight. Nothing very exiting, if you can't halve the size of something in 9 years you just aren't trying.

The Double? Double the signal frequency. Can you tell what it is yet? Of course you can.

The current one sends an ID signal 300 times a second, the one I'm talking about sends the ID 600 times a second. This has two benefits. The accuracy of the passing time is twice as good, still not to within 0.001s, so don't be fooled by results to three decimal places, the accuracy is still only to 2DP at best.

I'll just give a brief explanation about accuracy. If I'm sailing across the Atlantic to Barbados and you want to know when I arrive, if you phone me every other day and ask me if I am in Barbados, when I say yes you cannot be sure exactly which day I arrived, if you phone every day you can. So double the frequency and double the accuracy.

Now the other benefit. Doubling the frequency will reduce the possibility of missed laps. I sit and watch signal quality all the time at races and in general the strength of the signal is not an issue, what is an issue is the number of ID signals (hits). When the hits start to get to single figures there is a chance of a miss. With double the frequency the chances of a miss reduce.

Reasons for low hits are often the mounting position, although it might be a defective device. I noticed an apparently defective handout at the Players 2.

So know you should know what I'm talking about. What you don't know is what else is new/different, who makes it, when you can have one and how much it will cost. I'll be trickling little bits out every day so start guessing!