Mark,

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It takes a special circuit to get added to the booster to allow RailCom to work and then the circuit that would listen for the answers. So it takes a significant change in the booster circuit. That’s one part they (US mfgs) haven’t had to change for years. The hesitation of ‘don’t fix what isn’t broken’ comes to mind. Since Digitrax has its transponding, I wouldn’t expect them to change. NCE, hard to say, they have done a few things like the new PH5/CS03 but RailCom is only useful to those who also are doing some sort of computer interfacing.

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Only time will tell if the impact of TCS or MRC starts to show up on their radar.

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-Ken Cameron, Member JMRI Dev Team

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