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TQ29m 1/19/09 8:31 PM

Which "Raceceiver" is being used?
 
A couple years ago, I tried a Raceceiver, I don't remember which model, but it was the one to have at the time, anyway, it was a flat pain in the butt, no memory, no off/on switch, battery might make it thru the night, and never really heard anything on it, that made any sense. At the time, and had for a long time, we had been using the Bearcat, 25 channel scanner, for comunication to the driver, by the scoring people, and it worked well, just a bit bulky, but at least it worked. My question is, are the ones USAC, and some other groups are using, any better than the one I tried? I would certainly hope so, by the time you got to the frequency you needed, the half life of the battery was gone. Thanks! Bob:rolleyes:

Sandy Lowe 1/19/09 8:44 PM

Re: Which "Raceceiver" is being used?
 
Bob,

USAC does not use Raceceivers. They use a full size radio similar to what UMRA has.

From what I have been told the key to getting the Raceiver to work well is the quality of the earpiece. The earpiece that Lawrenceburg sold was in the $50-$60 range.

IIRC Lawrenceburg's frequency is 454.000. That is supposed to be the standard frequency that series and tracks use. I know it is NOT the frequency that USAC uses.

Sandy

kstudley57 1/19/09 8:51 PM

Re: Which "Raceceiver" is being used?
 
usac uses a racing electronics radio that is $275 and the earpieces are $99 i believe. the chilibowl used a raceciever that had an on/off and volume buttons and was $99 with earpieces. both radios work very well and i was actually able to use my custom molded earpieces with the raceiever which was an added bonus.

ringo18 1/19/09 10:17 PM

Re: Which "Raceceiver" is being used?
 
While on the subject. What tracks are requiring cars to have raceceivers this year? I know Lawrenceburg is but, what about some of the other tracks?

scanman018 2/4/09 10:44 PM

Re: Which "Raceceiver" is being used?
 
I know USAC is going to the raceceivers in all of its divisions this year.

scanman018 2/4/09 10:47 PM

Re: Which "Raceceiver" is being used?
 
USAC is going to a new raceceivers in all divisions this year. The new one has the default channel set to USAC's freq. It has a programable default channel and a few other new features.


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