Alien RFID Goes the DISTANCE FOR RACETIMER Company: Racetimer, Sweden www.racetimer.se Application: Timing system for athletic events Area of Use: Finish line and checkpoints at races held throughout Europe Status: Production Tag and Reader Supplier: Alien T echnology Frequency: 866 MHz Range: 20 meters Challenge ¦ Accurately time individual athletes competing in sporting events, including marathons and bike races ¦ Older timing systems, using bar codes or low-frequency (LF) RFID tags, are costly Solution ¦ Racetimer uses ultra high- frequency (UHF), dispos- able RFID tags, which pro- vide several magnitudes higher read speeds ¦ Racetimer’s system handles high densities of runners and provides instant results ¦ Toolset includes: ¦ Alien ALR-8800 series readers ¦ Disposable UHF passive

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