Fire-Down
An alternative, keeping the timer centered in the gate, is to fire down towards the ground. This
achieves much better bluetooth range, but is a little more difficult to mount.
The radiation pattern of the antenna can fill the gate better than the up-firing alternative.
45-Degree Firing
A solution that works well when other parts of the track get close to the start/finish gate is to place
the LapRF at 45 degrees on one side of the gate.
This has the advantage of making it easier to protect the timer from quad-strikes also.
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