Good idea in general about the scanner. I have a Radio Shack "NASCAR"
scanner and hate it though. I don't know if there is something wrong with
mine or I'm just too stupid to figure it out, but have very little luck
picking up the corner workers even when I manually program the frequency in.
I had it working for a while Sunday, though it broke up constantly, then it
just refused to pick up the signal at all. I wondered if I accidently hit a
key that locked the signal out! Very confusing instructions. Can anyone
recommend a good cheap, easy to find scanner, or better yet, just radio to
pick up race control transmissions?
Curt Fisher
Visit: CurtFisherRacing.com
"Racing is life, anything that comes before, or after is just waiting",
Steve McQueen from Le Mans.
-----Original Message-----
From: OFB Racing [mailto:ofbracing@nefcom.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 2:31 PM
To: 'Vintage Race Net'
Subject: Re: [Vintage-race] 2 way radios
We use a portable Radio Shack scanner tuned to the corner worker frequency
and connected through an amplified speaker in the paddock. Your crew can
hear everything that's going on and know if you had a problem on track from
the corner worker reports. It's also handy for keeping track of what's
going on with the group before yours so you don't have to sit on the grid in
the hot sun quite so long. Don
-----Original Message-----
From: vintage-race-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:vintage-race-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Roger Sieling
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 2:39 PM
To: DRR; mwinbigler@worldnet.att.net; Vintage Race Net
Subject: Re: [Vintage-race] 2 way radios
If that's all it is, buy a pair of the cheap radios from Radio Shack or
Target etc. Strap one in the car and hand her the other.
We have a pair of these we take to the track so she can call me to get back
to our paddock because they've just called the group before ours to the grid
and I need to get my act in gear, quit enjoying seeing my friends and get
ready to race. Actually, if you both have cell phones, just strap your cell
phone in the car so you can call her and tell her you're OK.
Roger
-----Original Message-----
From: vintage-race-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:vintage-race-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of DRR
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 2:20 PM
To: mwinbigler@worldnet.att.net; Vintage Race Net
Subject: [Vintage-race] 2 way radios
Myles ~
To be honest, I completely agree. I raced with SCCA from 1963 until
1970 when family commitments and lack of funds forced my retirement. I took
up vintage racing in 1985, and also raced a bit with SCCA from 1995
- 2000.
Pit boards were more than adequate, and lots of fun. Everyone used them. I
miss it.
My situation is that my fiancee, who has been coming to the races with me
for a couple of years, has a very hard time with it if anything happens when
I am out of sight. There was an incident on track last year where the race
was red flagged and we had to pull over and stop on the side of the race
track. She did know what had happened and went into total panic mode.
Another time I didn't come around because I had run out of gas out on course
at end of a long practice session (duh!!).
It was then that she made me promise to get radios.
I am sure the radios are more of a distraction and a pain in the butt to
deal with than they are a benefit. We have enough other things to think
about when we are on course. But, sometimes it is best just to do things to
make them happy.
Regards,
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