Welp, the results are in.
This weekends race is in the books, and a few fun things happened:
First, I got to test my scoring transponder since I plan on racing at the series finale in October. (It's 'the Race Ready system, uses RFID tech on a sticker placed under your helmet visor.) I managed for the first time to run five full laps (the length of our race motos) on our 1.5 mile track,and averaged a lap time of 2:40 (The really fast guys run 1:30 -1:35, but that's the young bucks classes.) I will be running with riders in the 50+ or 40+ classes.
I didn't know it until the races were on, but I was actually entered in the race! I only found out when I was announcing the lineup for Race 17 (of 22) and read my name off on the mike...(the program moves quickly and I name all the riders in the upcoming race whilst the preceding race is about to finish.) I found out that in order to time me the day before, I had to be an actual event entry or the system won't score. Now I have two DNS (Did Not Start) races on my record, which sucks.
Okay, back to the topic...
My Energizers as usual got weak around the midpoint of the day, so I switched to the brand new Duracells that the track bought for our two-way radios. Those pieces of lasted exactly TWO HOURS before going bad, I had to swap the weak Energizers BACK to finish the show.
So in conclusion, BOTH the Energizer Max and Duracells are total for use with a high draw device like a wireless mic. So to both of them. I will try the Energizer Lithiums this coming weekend, they had better work. ("I'm taking an awful risk Vader, this had better work." - The late Peter Cushing, Grand Moff Tarkin)
And before Mark chimes in suggesting rechargables, they won't work well in my application, as the mic must put out maximum allowable power due to the distances and ignition noise from the bikes.
As a funny side note, the track bought the Duras for our radios as I'd mentioned. The nice young lady who does our sign-ups replaced the rechargeable packs in three of the radios with the alkalines.....and put the radios back on the chargers! The next day the whole building stank, the three radios were blazing hot, and I had a very nasty mess to clean out. Unfortunately, all three radios are ruined from the leakage.
This weekends race is in the books, and a few fun things happened:
First, I got to test my scoring transponder since I plan on racing at the series finale in October. (It's 'the Race Ready system, uses RFID tech on a sticker placed under your helmet visor.) I managed for the first time to run five full laps (the length of our race motos) on our 1.5 mile track,and averaged a lap time of 2:40 (The really fast guys run 1:30 -1:35, but that's the young bucks classes.) I will be running with riders in the 50+ or 40+ classes.
I didn't know it until the races were on, but I was actually entered in the race! I only found out when I was announcing the lineup for Race 17 (of 22) and read my name off on the mike...(the program moves quickly and I name all the riders in the upcoming race whilst the preceding race is about to finish.) I found out that in order to time me the day before, I had to be an actual event entry or the system won't score. Now I have two DNS (Did Not Start) races on my record, which sucks.
Okay, back to the topic...
My Energizers as usual got weak around the midpoint of the day, so I switched to the brand new Duracells that the track bought for our two-way radios. Those pieces of lasted exactly TWO HOURS before going bad, I had to swap the weak Energizers BACK to finish the show.
So in conclusion, BOTH the Energizer Max and Duracells are total for use with a high draw device like a wireless mic. So to both of them. I will try the Energizer Lithiums this coming weekend, they had better work. ("I'm taking an awful risk Vader, this had better work." - The late Peter Cushing, Grand Moff Tarkin)
And before Mark chimes in suggesting rechargables, they won't work well in my application, as the mic must put out maximum allowable power due to the distances and ignition noise from the bikes.
As a funny side note, the track bought the Duras for our radios as I'd mentioned. The nice young lady who does our sign-ups replaced the rechargeable packs in three of the radios with the alkalines.....and put the radios back on the chargers! The next day the whole building stank, the three radios were blazing hot, and I had a very nasty mess to clean out. Unfortunately, all three radios are ruined from the leakage.
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