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Old Sat Mar 20, 2004, 09:53am
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Originally posted by Mark Dexter
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Originally posted by ref18
How do they hook the Precision timing to their whistle if they work without the lanyard??
The NBA version has two mics that clip to the shirt collar, instead of one mic the clips to the lanyard.
Interesting - the versions I've worked with had a microphone with a range of less than 2cm. (One ref's mic literally slipped that much and the system wouldn't register the whistle.) My guess is that it still doesn't have a great range, but I'd still be worried about a Fox40 in the stands.
You can adjust the sensitivity. Also, the NBA model is a little more advanced, i.e. better. That's one reason why the NBA version costs over $16,000 while the HS version costs around $2500.

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Although i know they tried it once for a football game in my city's stadium. But i don't think they've been used since that one game.
How'd they adopt it for football? Only thing I can think of is using an "on/off" pushbutton switch instead of whistle control - too many dead ball whistles where the clock stays running in football.
The backjudge presses the button and keeps the clock running in situations where it shouldn't stop.

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Originally posted by rainmaker
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I saw him earlier in the year on a 10 second count. He indicated on his fingers, where he was in the count.
Did he use ASL? Or what? I mean, how did he do 6, 7 etc?
You're kidding, right?

He would start back at 1 for 6, 2 for 7, etc.
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