Thanks Big Guy.. .trust you to catch the V vs A in the sentance!
I knew I was going to get in trouble posting that actual stream from my Garmin. I just didn't want to stand outside in the +14C rain here in Toronto (isn't this winter) to catch a valid signal. I thought I would hack the V to a A, but the Checksum at the end would have been wrong.
However, I couldn't agree with you more with having the top of minute function the most important feature. We use it all the time.
Short story, I was just doing it because it was there. Not really required for Ski Racing other than to rapidly resync a Timy at the start for a backup device (like hand timing or connected to a start wand for the 5th + backup system).
Mike