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Australian Race-Timing Company Finds Battery-assisted UHF Tags a Winning Solution
To date, Peterson says, the results have been extremely good. "UHF read rates are as much as 300 tags a second, which is much more than is required," he says. "The biggest issue with UHF tags is readability, and we recorded an accurate read rate of 99.7 percent."
The number of vendors that manufacture UHF tags is greater than for LF tags, meaning that UHF tags are some of the least expensive RFID transponders on the market, owing to manufacturing volumes. This, Peterson says, makes the tags priced low enough to be disposable after use.
"UHF is a step above LF tags, and I believe this will be the tag of choice in running and cycling events," Peterson adds. "UHF may not be the solution for multi-sports, such as triathlon, as the tag is often worn on the ankle under a wetsuit for swimming events, and this is a barrier to UHF. But by this time next year, I believe UHF will make up 60 percent of the running and cycling timing market, and it will be 95 percent the following year."
Damien Hancox, of Tomato Timing, has used the Ultra system for a number of races, the largest of which was a Sri Chinmoy race that attracted 2,300 competitors. The Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team stages running and triathlon events in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and other Australian cities.
"I still have the [LF] race-timing system for multi-sport and swim events," Hancox says, "but the convenience of mailing out the race bib with the tag attached, and the fact that the timing tag is disposable, was a big factor in choosing Ultra. Race directors love it, because less staff is needed on the day for registration, no staff is needed for the collection of timing bands and no charge is associated with the non-return of timing bands, which can run into the thousands of dollars for large events."
Hancox adds, "For us, it eliminates incorrect timing bands being handed to the wrong person at registration before the race, and there is no need to check returned chips and rescan for the next race."
In February 2010, MyLaps introduced its BibTag, a battery-powered UHF RFID tag that is integrated with a race bib.
The number of vendors that manufacture UHF tags is greater than for LF tags, meaning that UHF tags are some of the least expensive RFID transponders on the market, owing to manufacturing volumes. This, Peterson says, makes the tags priced low enough to be disposable after use.
"UHF is a step above LF tags, and I believe this will be the tag of choice in running and cycling events," Peterson adds. "UHF may not be the solution for multi-sports, such as triathlon, as the tag is often worn on the ankle under a wetsuit for swimming events, and this is a barrier to UHF. But by this time next year, I believe UHF will make up 60 percent of the running and cycling timing market, and it will be 95 percent the following year."
Damien Hancox, of Tomato Timing, has used the Ultra system for a number of races, the largest of which was a Sri Chinmoy race that attracted 2,300 competitors. The Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team stages running and triathlon events in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and other Australian cities.
"I still have the [LF] race-timing system for multi-sport and swim events," Hancox says, "but the convenience of mailing out the race bib with the tag attached, and the fact that the timing tag is disposable, was a big factor in choosing Ultra. Race directors love it, because less staff is needed on the day for registration, no staff is needed for the collection of timing bands and no charge is associated with the non-return of timing bands, which can run into the thousands of dollars for large events."
In February 2010, MyLaps introduced its BibTag, a battery-powered UHF RFID tag that is integrated with a race bib.
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