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Old 10-20-2002, 07:36 PM
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Originally posted by marc515192
I was thinking maybe recessing the recievers in a wood tower (scale of course) so there more sensitive
My problem wasn't so much the receivers as it was the emitter. I don't think it was emitting a very concentrated beam...I couldn't see it so I don't know for sure, but I put the recommended voltage through it and then some, and still was only able to get about 5 inches from the receiver. I'd be interested in finding something infra-red, cause with a laser, it's gonna look a little like my Zip is being scanned at the grocery store every lap! LOL!

DOH!, what if we made little tags with bar codes on them and hit them with a scangun each lap..that would differentiate between cars...hahaha..I might have issues.
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