So I'm guessing that the through-the-air inconsistencies are the reason that
in-vehicle transponders wouldn't work?
Ed
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Wennerberg [mailto:jonwennerberg@nancyandjon.org]
Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 08:32 AM
To: 'Wester Potter'
Cc: 'LAND SPEED LIST'
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] British Steam effort 139.843mph
On Sep 2, 2009, at 11:20 AM, Wester Potter wrote: > It's obvious you have not
worked timing on the salt. We put down > those miles of wire for a reason,
dependability! We use a computer > program that limits numbers to the right of
the decimal because you > can't use more than three numbers for your speed.
Our computer > gives additional possibilities but YOU don't need them. We
remember > the times when radio contact is impossible because of atmospheric >
conditions on the salt. Ask GMC about the year they ran the pickup > truck
with Don Stringfellow Sr. driving. They had a chase van > positioned parallel
to the truck that could relay telemetry to the > motorhome (they gave it to us
several years later) that had radip > connections to the GM proving ground
computers. It worked part of > the time. Do you want part of the speeds? We
certify the computers > every year by third party comparison with the atomic
clock in > Colorado. We use a wireless link between the computer and receiving
> units across the course for time slips and at the start for the > radio
announcer ... but we put a wire across to the time slips in > case the salt
gremlins poke their ugly heads up which they > occasionally have a tendency to
do. The other, reliable, high tech > possibilities would boost your entry fees
considerably because they > are expen$$$$$ive. That and dead on dependability
and reliability > is why we don't use them. > > Wes Wes, it's obvious that you
don't want to allow experimentation or you wouldn't be telling us about what
didn't work in the past. I allow that maybe the system now in use works -- but
I respectfully suggest that if nobody tries to improve with new technology --
nobody will ever get any better system. Your comments about prior attempts at
new technology hold some important words -- "...several years later..." that
tell us the technology is not the latest available today in September 2009.
Experimenting is not cheap -- but notice that I have not ever stated anything
about how useable the system I'm dreaming about is right at this instant. If
someone doesn't try to move technology forward -- we're doomed to live in the
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