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Have to put my hat in the "who cares" camp. If race control want me to know what's going on then I'll have a radio. Same if I'm on a flag post, If I need to be in contact with race control then a radio will be provided.
I've considered buying a scanner, given their almost omni-presence in the UK, but decided against it for reasons above.
I've been on posts with UK marshals where there is far too much listening in on scanners and commenting on what's happening elsewhere on the circuit to the detriment of the marshaling of the post.
There's no way people are concentrating 100% on the job at hand if they are listening to a radio.
"What about post chiefs / IO's then?", Yes, I know they are also listening to radios, but there's a difference, in general these aren't the first people on the post that should be reacting to an incident, so they can divide their attentions.
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