[Si Coe]

This is getting a bit ridiculous now!

On the one hand people are saying Mylaps is doing nothing wrong squeezing out the opposition as thats what a successful business does and on the other they are suggesting MRT should have committed commercial suicide by warning people their transponders won't work with RC4 - before RC4 was even out and we weren't certain they wouldn't!

Lets get a few things straight....

1) MRT aren't 'profiting of the back of Mylaps R&D'. They make an aftermarket accessory for the AMB/Mylaps timing loop. In practical terms its no different than an aftermarket exhaust for your real car - its an alternative to the manufacturers part that is compatible with the rest of the system. The exhaust on my Astra isn't a Vauxhall part - its compatible as it fits all the mounting points but the design is quite different. Just like the MRT it exists because the original company's design lacked a desirable feature that the aftermarket company realised they could provide.

2) RC4 was announced a long time ago - in fact it was announced the same time the Harry transponder was released. It was possible it wouldn't work with MRT's back then (at least it was known it wouldn't intentionally support them) but that was far from certain. It wasn't until RC4 decoders were recently released it was confirmed.

3) Its still by no means certain MRT's 100% don't work. As far as I can tell nobody has actually tried playing around with the loop location, transponder location etc trying to get it to work. This isn't a long time answer - but if as some suspect its just the weaker signal strength of MRT's thats the issue it could be easily rectified.

4) Aside from detecting Purcy's and the fact Mylaps no longer support RC3 I've still not seen any hard data that says RC4 is an actual improvement. So asking clubs to shell out a lot of money for the upgrade is a bit off.

5) MRT is a business too. They aren't going to go around spreading doubts about their own product, slapping up warnings about RC4 etc if they want to sell transponders. Its up to the buyer to know - just as it is that a Purcy won't work on older systems.