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Originally Posted by Bob Burr
ON MRT PTs beware ! im not sure where they are getting the numbers from but they are not unique like AMB ones, we had one person buy a MRT PT and 6 of the numbers were already registered to people racing at Bedworth ?? we have also had people try to book in and i have had to tell them there PT number is already registered, our policy is the genunine AMB number always get priority, yes they work fine, cheep and getting one cloned for your second car is fine, but what happens when that person gives up and sells both PTs locally to different people.
This problem will only get worce with the demise of the handout transponder.
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My understanding is that MRT own 20 AMB PTs of which they have the numbers for.
If you are not cloning an existing AMB unit, you can buy an MRT PT with 20 stored numbers on it and its possible to select one of these numbers for the MRT unit to transmit.
Maybe the other six guys also had purchased a MRT unit as this would explain the duplication. As I said, this is my understanding and I may have got this wrong...
I do know that for my local club, we need to keep as many of our handouts working for as long as possible to support the youngsters and those with limited funds. Now that AMB have chosen to discontinue PTs - which I believe is the reason why the BRCA 1:10 section will move over to PTs solely in 2011 - I guess that slowly the club and regional racers will make the changeover.
When the 1:8 off-road section changed to PTs only, I dont think that PTs were as common yet there was little resentment to the decisiom. For the organisers, it was a time-consuming and frustrating situation to use handouts...