Yes agree completely with your points especialy where more than one transponder is rqd surely some form of hire would have been more appropriate ?
MST won`t let you down though, i remember 2002 BSB at Knockhill i was timing Ross on the stopwatch also and when he was lying 4th place in qualifying the watch stopped working, i was having kittens !! and the lovely man in the MST cabin next to me was giving me his place through the window with his fingers !!! so i could put out the board with his place on, luckily he was 4th and not 2nd at the time !!
chers Stella