[The Doctor]

Originally Posted by leedolby77

Really? Surely if electrical noise was the actuall issue this would happen every week?

The box was actually showing a strong transponder signal coming back from the loop, but also a very high noise reading which was clearly the cause of the problem. We know that the equipment itself functions fine because it normally counts laps reliably. We also know that there were a couple of significant differences in how the cables were laid out last week which we strongly suspect were the source of the noise problem. So, this is what we're going to change for this coming Friday. We believe this will resolve the issue. At the same time, we are investing in some new hardware to be doubly sure that we can return to reliable lap counting at all WBMCC events.

If you have any further suggestions, or if you'd like to help run the meeting to spread the workload (we were rushed off our feet last week) then we would welcome your input.