What type of transponders do you own, and how many? Please answer.

[Blake]

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All red coloured AMB or MyLaps transponders (personal and handout) will continue to work until somewhere around 2017.  There is a *rumour* that ONLY the brand new three-wire RC4 transponder (none of us have this, and I have never even seen one in person) will work after 2017.  No idea if this is true or not....  If it is true, all our existing transponders (original RC3 personal, newer smaller hybrid with separate legs, and handouts) may stop working in 2017....  Again, no idea if this is true or not.  I hope it's not.

The black MRT transponders will stop working at IROCC this summer, near the start of the season.  So, if you have some black MRTs, I would send those in to MyLaps and trade them up for the brand new RC4 unit for $36 or whatever it is.  You have about 1.5 months to get this done before I upgrade our decoder box with the new firmware.  I figure I will do the upgrade in late May so that we can test it properly before Speed Weekend.

If you are an MRT owner, and you do the $36 upgrade to the brand new three-wire RC4 transponder, and you find yourself at a track that has not upgraded their decoder, your brand new transponder will not work.  As I said above, IROCC will be performing the upgrade near the start of outdoor racing so you will be fine here.

If you don't own ANY transponders and are wondering which ones to buy, there are two good options:
1) Buy the brand new three-wire RC4 transponder from MyLaps for $89.  This is the most future proof option.
2) Buy a current RC3 (original personal or newer smaller hybrid with separate legs) from an IROCC member as Daryl suggests, and hope it works past 2017.


Blake