Transponders (Yellow/Red)

col rooney · 22 Jun 2006, 20:24 (Ref:1639352)

Hi not sure if this is the right place but i have a tranx 160 transponder its yellow and just wondering if this is ok to use on a race car as all the ones seem to be red and are 260 would be greatfull for any help

thanks col

Eddy V · 22 Jun 2006, 20:46 (Ref:1639369)

The yellow 160s are kart transponders.
It may still do the trick.

Chris Y · 23 Jun 2006, 08:56 (Ref:1639596)

MST will probably tell you it's not up to the job. I suppose you could give it a go though. How many digits are on the transponder number? I know the red ones have 7 digits. If yours is different, then you'll have problems I suspect.

Podd37 · 23 Jun 2006, 11:10 (Ref:1639708)

Hi col. some of the F.vee guys in mondello are using the yellow ones with no problems. I only found this out after spending a fortune on a new red one!

col rooney · 23 Jun 2006, 16:46 (Ref:1639882)

Thanks for the help as it happens its for my brother who races in mondello so hope its ok

col

Minicross424 · 23 Jun 2006, 18:11 (Ref:1639922)

glad you cleared that up col.
i wont be at lydden on 8th due to work commitments so you will have no red mini to catch in the handicap!

graham bahr · 27 Jun 2006, 08:32 (Ref:1642348)

Quote:

Originally Posted by col rooney

Thanks for the help as it happens its for my brother who races in mondello so hope its ok

col

persumably the red ones put out a stronger signal than kart ones which will be mounted much lower to teh ground?

although your supposed to mount transponders with a clear view of the tarmac lots of saloon car guys mount them high up inside the car with no direct path to the tarmac, so it would seem reasonable that as long as its compatable with the timing equipment it would work if you can get it nice and low to the ground with nothing under it

Motormouth · 29 Jun 2006, 16:24 (Ref:1644280)

Correct! Mondello had loads of trouble with the yellow ones and now no longer use them. They may work on single seaters but are very much hit and miss on a saloon. According to Mondello, 160's work up to 160 kmh and 260 to 260kmh, the signal is also a lot stronger on the 260.................Mind you Col, if you give the bro a dicky transponder and he gets no qualifying time, we all get the opportunity to slag him in the paddock........

And he can do one of his Anglesey drives from the back!!!

col rooney · 29 Jun 2006, 20:10 (Ref:1644405)

It may well be that he drives better when he starts on the back of the grid i will tell him to get a red 1 and then that way he wont be in my ear if the yellow 1 fail to give him a grid position

MGDavid · 30 Jun 2006, 22:16 (Ref:1645329)

'a bit off-topic' BUT
I raced at Silverstone last weekend (MGCC) in a car with no transponder and we received both qualifying and race times as normal, and no warning note either !
can somebody please explain that ?

**Tim Falce** · 1 Jul 2006, 18:18 (Ref:1645755)

You were lucky for not having a warning note or visit although they seem to time you regardless.

JimW · 1 Jul 2006, 20:59 (Ref:1645867)

I seem to recall that someone (2?) got excluded last weekend because they did not have (it did not work?) a transponder.

Has anyone any details?

Regards

Jim

midgetman · 2 Jul 2006, 14:23 (Ref:1646245)

Jim:

Yes it's in MN this week. Chap was excluded at first but reinstated. He won as well IIRC. There was a warning after practice that his laps would be timed but it didn't say they wouldn't be counted, so he got his win back

Consistency, consistency......

tazracer · 27 Jul 2006, 13:51 (Ref:1665943)

Quote:

Originally Posted by midgetman

Jim:

Yes it's in MN this week. Chap was excluded at first but reinstated. He won as well IIRC. There was a warning after practice that his laps would be timed but it didn't say they wouldn't be counted, so he got his win back

Consistency, consistency......

Was that a Snetterton Race mtg. If so that was one of our guys. He has an old transponder and has had all season, its been mentioned on all the timing sheets but he'd always been given a time. on the qually sheet it said that without one he wouldnt be timed, but no mention was made of being excluded.

The same happened to a couple of alpha drivers they to were excluded due to no working transponder.

A difficult one, especially as most regs ( in ours) say you must have a working transponder.

At the end of the day they are quite expensive, but compaired to the rest of your investment its peanuts so just bite the bullet and buy the proper one...

Alex Hodgkinson · 27 Jul 2006, 19:29 (Ref:1666127)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Motormouth

According to Mondello, 160's work up to 160 kmh and 260 to 260kmh

- Not true. We use the 160's at long circuit meetings, at places such as Assen and Hockenheim, and at Assen we cross one of the lines at ~145mph.

Tick Tock Man · 31 Jul 2006, 11:41 (Ref:1668791)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex Hodgkinson

- Not true. We use the 160's at long circuit meetings, at places such as Assen and Hockenheim, and at Assen we cross one of the lines at ~145mph.

AMB will guarantee that they will work up to 160km even though in practice they will work at speeds greater than that, and will even work on a Peugeot 205GTi if fitted in a suitable location!

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