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Same here.

Also, I was wondering if we may have been stretching the limits for some of the FRS radios. I was working at station 3 for the 1st heat and I was directly opposite of Mitch at the start. I could hear him call car class/number at the start and I could tell that the T&S guys on the bus was not always hearing what he was saying. "I" could hear him just fine, but I think maybe they were not receiving him very well. Wind noise was also causing havoc with the radios as well.

I know that there are limitations on what you can do with a FRS radio from a power point of view but on the assumption that we were also having FRS radio issues yesterday, might we consider a single radio mast at the bus with three antennas on it? One for timer, one for FM announcer and one for FRS T&S? Then have a directional antenna with the remote timer that points back at the bus?

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^exactly what i was thinking!

while Carl has already touched on this, how does one unregister with a season pass? i know i will miss Danville next month & possibly the other Danville in september.

and as for the radios, what i noticed is a lot of transmissions stepping on each other. not as bad as L'burg but i had to repeat 3 or 4 calls from station 1 (very busy conage area). some edumacation on radio usage in the drivers meeting might help. i believe we have had instances of novices with radios recently. not that there is anything wrong with that.

The "original" issue earlier in the day was that the transmitter was not raised high enough. At long distances, The Tx and Rx are EXTREMELY sensitive to height. I assume that it needs a "wide" path with no ground obstruction to work well. The advertised range is 1 mile line of sight, but I think this would be on top of a big pole. At the 1/2 mile or so range we were running with sanford, plus a little "crown" of the land, the Tx has to be at least 8' high. 12' would be even better and probably eliminate some missed signals.

So after raising it higher, there were still some missed starts (maybe 1 in 50?), and I recommended we run 250' or so of wire to get the transmitter closer to the bus. When we did that, I guess the signals got even worse!! Debugging at the transmitter showed that where the (worn) plug on the long wire actually connects into the box, there was an intermittent contact. Bending the pins and pulling the plug half-out fixed that problem.

So it is a connector problem. It's probably time for the club to order all new connectors for our timer cables and replace every one of them.

So crash course for setting up the wireless over long distances:

- Higher the better on both the Tx and Rx!
- Try to not have cars "parked" right under/next to/in the line of sight, especially near the transmitter.
- If signal strength is weak (there is a 4 "bar" indicator on the receiver), run as much cable from the remote start/finish to the transmitter to decrease the wireless gap.

Obviously at places like Laurinburg where we're just using it for convenience at a short distance, it has been nearly flawless.

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Here, here. Amy was VITAL in the sucess this weekend. She even got down and dirty to help pack up the cones in the trailer.

Thanks !!!

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If it aint workin' start the damn bus!!!!!

Im not opposed to springing for some new cables either (if needed).

Also, would our voltage issues be solved/helped by a small generator.

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i was about to suggest the generator myself. especially as i sat in line @ the start i was thinking" hmn, who do i know with a generator"

Man, 2000 watts of quiet, efficient Honda goodness...mmmm....should cover it nicely.


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I brought up the "generator" thing a while back. It got shot down.

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what type of connectors are needed? how many conductors to the remote antenna?

go switchcraft or go home! http://www.audiogear.com/SwcraftCnn.html

the one and only for pro sound/audio. if its giggable its anythingable.

XLR connectors are VERY robust. if its at all practical to fit them in, id go for that. metal connector/socket, locks in, can deliver low current power if needed, 3 conductor so that could cover power, ground, and signal.

Good question. Super-easy answer. Do it just like you would unregister from any event:

1. Go to prereg page http://www.thscc.com/autocross/prereg_autox.html
2. Enter driver's license state and number in the form's top 2 fields.
3. Select the event you want to remove yourself from the list of events near the bottom of the page.
4. Click "Delete Entry".

If it says that it can't find your entry to delete, then 1 of 2 things is wrong:

• You're not currently entered for that event.
• The driver's license info you entered doesn't match what was used to register you.

In the latter case, verify that you entered the right info just then, and if so, send mail to webmaster@thscc.com and we'll fix you up.

Thanks for asking!

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We don't have the dash plaque yet, but will put that up when we get it.

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For those of us that left early (GO CANES!!!!!!) how, would we get our plaques if we trophied?