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HI !.....Cuts from Pylon 2 & 3 were called in by radio, by the 2&3 cut judges, to the Pylon #1 cut judge captain. The captain would tell the pylon one cut judge of that lane turn on a cut light. Pylon #1 captain, lap counter captain, pylon 2&3 judges, and Starter Flagman, all had radio's on the same frequency. All cuts are shown on the light board on Pylon one for all to see. The lap counters had the automatic stop watches, like you have for timing, and flipped large lap cards, and they were easy to see with white numbers, on black background. The lap counter captain instructed the lap counters, who had to go 11 laps. We used it for the first time at the Medford North / South Shoot Out race, and it worked flawless. We had one instance, when somehow a channel on the transmitter got de-programed, but that was reset, with no problem.....I might add, I took a 4'x8'x 3/8"sheet of plywood, cut it in half, screwed on 1"x4" planks all around the edges on both sheets, attached them together with piano hinge, mounted a couple of latches, and a couple of handles, on the other end, to make it look like big suitcase. The lights were mounted on the outside of both halves, and when they were latched together, it could keep the Transmitters safely inside for travel, plus it also protected the receivers, wiring, etc............To set up the light system, all you had to do was take the suitcase out to pylon one, opened it up (now it measures 4'x8'), leaned it up against the pylon, lights facing takeoff pad, plugged in the 12 volt Deep Cycle battery, turned on the receiver switches, carried the Transmitters to the pylon one cut judge station, sat in the chair, & turned on the transmitters.........We wanted to keep it simple. We could have used radio's with more channels, to do more things, but we wanted to eliminate the chance of failure, from being too complicated......This setup eliminated 90% of the work of setting up the coarse, & those lights were real BRIGHT, & REAL FAST.
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