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Originally Posted by RCAshers
Some clubs still have handout transponders but as they are very expensive to buy and keep going most newer clubs just supply the timing setup and you have your own PT (personal transponder) MRT are about the cheapest to buy at around £50.00 they come with a unique no. which you tell your club then any car you run with the PT in will be counted. Hope this helps. Ash
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Not quite true. All the numbers on MRT transponders are clones of existing AMB ones. MRT pre-load the numbers of 20 AMB transponders onto their clones, and they keep the originals in-house, so you won't have a clash at the track - just switch to a different pre-loaded number if you have to.
MRT also supply clones of your own AMB transponder number if you send it in to them.
This all works out when they are new, a small problem is that some people will sell on their original AMB transponder seperately from their MRT clones, so you can end up with several transponders with the same "unique" number in circulation. Of course, since the MRT transponders also have 20 other numbers, clashes are still unlikely.
AMB have stopped doing club transponders (the chunky ones you pin to your car), basically AMB is forcing everyone to buy a PT from now on
. Fine for established racers, an avoidable expense for newcomers.